{"product_id":"double-exposures-mieke-bal-9780415917049","title":"Double Exposures: The Practice of Cultural Analysis","description":"A feminist literary theorist, specialist in Rembrandt, and a scholar with a knack for reading Old Testament stories, Mieke Bal weaves a tapestry of signs and meanings that enrich our senses. Her subject is the act of showing, the gesture of exposing to view. In a museum, for example, the object is on display, made visually available. \"That's how it is,\" the display proclaims. But who says so?\u003cbr\u003eBal's subjects are displays from the American Museum of Natural History, paintings by such figures as Courbet, Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Rembrandt, as well as works by twentieth-century artists, and such literary texts as Shakespeare's \u003cem\u003eRape of Lucrece\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mieke Bal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415917042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415917049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 7.04w x 0.78d","brand":"Mieke Bal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46974493851903,"sku":"9780415917049","price":56.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ddc7fe4d-43a3-4fa4-a13c-b2539f2bcf49.jpg?v=1750875197","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/double-exposures-mieke-bal-9780415917049","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}