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 | #127356 in Books |  Michael Taussig |  1992-12-23 |  1993-03-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.73 x6.00l,1.12 | File type: PDF | 299 pages

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||13 of 19 people found the following review helpful.| A rollercoaster ride, brilliant|By Brandon|Taussig has been described as a high theorist writing as a beatnik novelist. A pretty good description, it seems to me. In my eyes, or in my sensuous 'history' of personal awareness, this book appears as a welcomed aid for those familiar with critical theory, from Foucault to Kristeva to Derrida to Bourdieu, etc. He places 'mimesis'

In his most ambitious and accomplished work to date, Michael Taussig undertakes a history of mimesis, the practice of imitation, and its relation to alterity, the opposition of Self and Other. Drawing upon such diverse sources as theories of Benjamin, Adorno and Horckheimer, research on the Cuna Indians, and theories of colonialism and postcolonialism, Taussig shows that the history of mimesis is deeply tied to colonialism, and more specifically, to the colonial trade's ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Mimesis and Alterity: A Particular History of the Senses   |  Michael Taussig. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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