Pictures of the Body: Pain & Metamorphosis

by James Elkins

Book Overview

In a wide-ranging argument moving from ancient Middle Eastern representations to Balthus, from Syriac prayer books to John Carpenter's film The Thing, this book explores the ways the body has been... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804730245
• ISBN13: 9780804730242
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 10.5"

Customer Reviews

Strange and Exciting

I think you either love James Elkins or he leaves you cold. I've enjoyed everything I've read by him. Though this book is not for everyone, it's a strange & wonderful look at the physicality of meaning, the body as the translator.