Mother in the age of mechanical reproduction, the: psychoanalysis, photography, deconstruction
Auteur :
Marder, Elissa
Éditeur :
Fordham University Press
ISBN :
9780823240562
Date de publication :
7 févr. 2012
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book analyses the relationship between the body, technology and language by focusing on the uncanny figure of the mother in psychoanalysis, photography, and literature and contends that the concept of human birth is represented through mechanical repetition and technological modes of reproduction rather than as a natural event.