| Description |
1 online resource (317 pages) : black and white illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Part One: Vanishings -- I. The Removal -- II. Laws of Leaving -- III. Fictions of the Return -- IV. The Transient Image -- Part Two: Lessenings -- V. Decreases of the Head -- VI. Rules of Diminution -- VII. Of Ignominies -- VIII. Fictions of Persistence -- Part Three: Survivals -- IX. Returning to Riva -- X. The Semblant Body -- XI. The Recurrent Voice -- XII. Some Ones Left -- Being It -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Summary |
"From missing persons to disenfranchised civil subjects, from individuals tainted with infamy to the dead, Absentees explores the varieties of "nonpersons," human beings all too human, drawing examples, terms and concepts from the archives of European and American literature, legal studies, and the social sciences"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 23, 2021) |
| Subject |
Missing persons.
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Disappeared persons.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory
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Disappeared persons
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Missing persons
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020021858 |
| ISBN |
1942130481 |
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9781942130482 |
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