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Over Her Dead Body: Death, Femininity and the Aesthetic
Over Her Dead Body Death Femininity and the Aesthetic
Author: Elisabeth Bronfen
The conjuction of death, art, and femininity is a rich and unexplored stratum of Western culture. Why do dead women fascinate even as they repel? Why is the death of a beautiful woman figure so centrallly located in art and literature? And what does this tell us about the role of women in contemprary Westen society? In Over Her Dead Body, Elisab...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780415906609
ISBN-10: 0415906601
Publication Date: 10/1992
Pages: 460
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Hardcover
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