Defacement: Public Secrecy and the Labor of the Negative - Michael Taussig - Books - Stanford University Press - 9780804731997 - September 1, 1999
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Michael Taussig
Defacement: Public Secrecy and the Labor of the Negative

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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.

326 pages, 4 half-tones

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Released September 1, 1999
ISBN13 9780804731997
Publishers Stanford University Press
Pages 328
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 22 mm   ·   589 g

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