Defacement
Public Secrecy and the Labor of the Negative
by Michael T. Taussig
311 pages· 1999· ISBN 9780804732000
About
Defacement asks what happens when something precious is despoiled. In specifying the human face as the ideal type for thinking through such violation, this book raises the issue of secrecy as the depth that seems to surface with the tearing of surface.
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