Jacques Derrida ; translated by Pascale-Anne Brault and Michael Naas.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chicago :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Chicago Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1993.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 141 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (some color) ;
Dimensions
31 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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French ed. originally published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Louvre Museum, Paris, Oct. 26, 1990-Jan. 21, 1991.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Memoirs of the blind : the self-portrait and other ruins / Jacques Derrida ; translated by Pascale-Anne Brault and Michael Naas. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- Translators' Preface -- Memoirs of the Blind: The Self-Portrait and Other Ruins -- List of Illustrations -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Drawing Philosophy, Visual perception, Blind in art, Aesthetics.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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An exploration of issues of vision, blindness, self-representation, and their relation to drawing, which offers detailed readings of a collection of images from the prints and drawings department of the Louvre. The works under consideration depict blindness--fictional, historical, and biblical.