Trauma and its representations : the social life of mimesis in post-revolutionary France / Deborah Jenson.

The author argues that mimesis not only denotes the representation of reality, but is also a crucial concept for understanding the production of social meaning within specific historical concepts.

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Main Author: Jenson, Deborah
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
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Summary:The author argues that mimesis not only denotes the representation of reality, but is also a crucial concept for understanding the production of social meaning within specific historical concepts.
Physical Description:x, 294 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-279) and index.
ISBN:0801867231 (hardcover : alk. paper)