The scar of visibility [electronic resource] : medical performances and contemporary art / Petra Kuppers.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.Description: ix, 259 p. : ill. ; 26 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 709.05 22
LOC classification:
  • N6494.B63 K87 2007eb
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Contents:
Introduction: bodily fantasies -- Visions of anatomy: space, exhibitions, and dense bodies -- Living bodies: staging knowledge, fantasy, and temporality -- The collaborative arts: pain and performance -- Intersections: blood, laughter, and the space-off -- Monsters, cyborgs, animals: crashes, cuttings, and migraines -- Medical museums and art display: the discourses of AIDS -- Reaching out: outsider art, specialists, and positions in between -- Epilogue: fantasies in the sand.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-254) and index.

Introduction: bodily fantasies -- Visions of anatomy: space, exhibitions, and dense bodies -- Living bodies: staging knowledge, fantasy, and temporality -- The collaborative arts: pain and performance -- Intersections: blood, laughter, and the space-off -- Monsters, cyborgs, animals: crashes, cuttings, and migraines -- Medical museums and art display: the discourses of AIDS -- Reaching out: outsider art, specialists, and positions in between -- Epilogue: fantasies in the sand.

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