Spectral metaphor, the: living ghosts and the agency of invisibility
Auteur :
Peeren, E.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349477487
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2014
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
What does it mean to live as a ghost? Exploring spectrality as a metaphor in the contemporary British and American cultural imagination, Peeren proposes that certain subjects – migrants, servants, mediums and missing persons – are perceived as living ghosts and examines how this figuration can signify both dispossession and empowerment or agency.