The Spectral Metaphor

The Spectral Metaphor
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 9781137375858
ISBN-13 : 113737585X
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Book Synopsis The Spectral Metaphor by : E. Peeren

Download or read book The Spectral Metaphor written by E. Peeren and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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