Mourning sex : performing public memories /

Mourning sex : performing public memories / Peggy Phelan.

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Phelan employs an impressive range of cultural representations to examine how cultures perform their mourning. In relation to texts and events ranging from the paintings of Caravaggio to the Hill/Thomas hearing, she meditates on the trauma of loss.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Phelan, Peggy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
Subjects:
Psychic trauma.
Loss (Psychology)
Grief.
Psychoanalysis and culture.
Bereavement > Psychological aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Bereavement > Psychological aspects.
Cross-cultural studies.
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Summary:Phelan employs an impressive range of cultural representations to examine how cultures perform their mourning. In relation to texts and events ranging from the paintings of Caravaggio to the Hill/Thomas hearing, she meditates on the trauma of loss.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 187 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-180) and index.
ISBN:1299750095
9781299750098
9781315004969
1315004968

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