- Title :
-
Death : the navel of the image
- Author :
- BRONFEN, Elisabeth ;
- Conference :
- The point of theory : practices of cultural analysis; New York; Continuum ;
- Publication year :
- 1994
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Proposes the concept of the omphalus (navel) as an alternative to the phallus in psychoanalytic approaches to artworks and other cultural objects. Deals with the related notions of the loss of the mother and mortality. Drawing on these notions, interprets a photograph by Jeffrey Silverthorne, Listen...The Woman Who Died in Her Sleep (1989). ;
- Pagination/Size :
- ill. ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ; 5306C06 - 1945- ; Peinture et arts graphiques ; Photographie ; 530-VI - 1945- ;
- French keywords :
- Etats-Unis ; Iconographie ; Omphalos ; Phallus ; Photographie ; Psychanalyse ; Sexualité ; Silverthorne, Jeffrey, n.1946 ; Théorie de l'art ; 1900-2000 ;
- Descriptors :
- Art theory ; Iconography ; Omphalos ; Phalluses ; Photography ; Psychoanalysis ; Sexuality ; Silverthorne, Jeffrey, b.1946 ; United States ; 1900-2000 ;
- Document type :
- Communication de congrès ;
- INIST identifier :
- 24930018 ;
- ISBN :
- ISBN 0828408572 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher country :
- UNITED STATES ;
