Cultures of forgery making nations, making selves

This collection of 11 essays by leading literary studies and cultural studies scholars examines the double meaning of the word 'forge' - to create or to form, on the one hand, and to make falsely, on the other.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Ryan, Judith, 1943- (-), Thomas, Alfred, 1958-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge 2003.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Forging truth in Medieval England
  • Forging a past: the Sibylline books and the making of Rome
  • Forging Czechs: the reinvention of national identity in the Bohemian lands
  • Eclectic fabrication: St. Petersburg and the problem of Imperial architectural style
  • The blankness of Dali, or forging Catalonia
  • The art of forging music and musicians: of lighthearted musicologists, ambitious performers, narrow-minded brothers, and creative aristocrats
  • Jean-Etienne Liotard's envelopes of self
  • Wrestling with representation: reforging images of the artist and art in the Russian avant-garde
  • After the "death of the author": the fabrication of Helen Demidenko
  • Facts, writing, and problems of memory in memoir: the Wilkomirski case
  • The fascination of a fake: the Hitler diaries.