| Defacement: Public Secrecy and the Labor of the Negative Contributor(s): Taussig, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804731993 ISBN-13: 9780804731997 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| LCCN: 99027085 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.30 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Defacement asks what happens when something precious is despoiled. In specifying the human face as the ideal type for thinking through such violation, this book raises the issue of secrecy as the depth that seems to surface with the tearing of surface. |
