| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 223 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Iconoclasm--the alteration, destruction, or displacement of icons--is usually considered taboo or profane. But, on occasion, the act of destroying the sacred unintentionally bestows iconic status on the desecrated object. Iconoclasm examines the reciprocity between the building and the breaking of images, paying special attention to the constructive power of destructive acts. Although iconoclasm carries with it inherently religious connotations, this volume examines the shattering of images beyond the spiritual and the sacred. Presenting responses to renowned cultural anthropologist and theorist Michael Taussig, these essays centre on conceptual iconoclasm and explore the sacrality of objects and belief systems from historical, cultural, and disciplinary perspectives. From Milton and Nietzsche to Paul Newman and Banksy, through such diverse media and genres as photography, the popular romance novel, pornography, graffiti, cinema, advertising, and the dictionary, this book questions how icons and iconoclasms are represented, the language used to describe them, and the manner in which objects signify once they are shattered. An interdisciplinary, disconnected, and non-linear consideration of the historic and contemporary relationship between the sacred and the profane, Iconoclasm disrupts entrenched views about the revered or reviled idols present in most aspects of daily life."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aesthetics -- Case studies.
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Aesthetics. |
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Case studies.
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| Subject |
Image (Philosophy) -- Case studies.
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Image (Philosophy) |
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Iconoclasm -- Case studies.
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Iconoclasm. |
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Icons -- Case studies.
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Icons. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Stapleton, Rachel F., 1981- editor.
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Viselli, Antonio, 1985- editor.
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| Added Title |
Iconoclasm (2019)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Iconoclasm. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2019] 9780773557376 (OCoLC)1065951136 |
| ISBN |
9780773558380 (ePDF) |
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0773558381 (ePDF) |
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9780773558397 (ePUB) |
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077355839X (ePUB) |
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9780773557369 (cloth) |
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9780773557376 (paper) |
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0773557369 (Trade Cloth) |
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9780773557369 |
| Standard No. |
9780773557369 |
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