Pictures of the body : pain and metamorphosis / James Elkins.

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Elkins, James, 1955-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Stanford : Stanford University, 1999.Description: xviii,347 p. : ill. ; 28cmISBN:

9780804730242
9780804730242

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Summary: Moving from ancient Middle Eastern representations to Balthus, from Syriac prayer books to John Carpenter's film The Thing, this book explores the ways the body has been represented through time.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-337) and index.

Moving from ancient Middle Eastern representations to Balthus, from Syriac prayer books to John Carpenter's film The Thing, this book explores the ways the body has been represented through time.

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