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As the constellation of cultural objects in this book shows, barbarian operations and constructive sites of barbarism can be found everywhere: inside, outside, and at the interstices of the walls of civilization; on a microscopic level, in the smallest details of texts; on a macroscopic level, in th...

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Published inBarbarism and Its Discontents p. 243
Main Author Maria Boletsi
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Stanford University Press 30.01.2013
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Summary:As the constellation of cultural objects in this book shows, barbarian operations and constructive sites of barbarism can be found everywhere: inside, outside, and at the interstices of the walls of civilization; on a microscopic level, in the smallest details of texts; on a macroscopic level, in the travels of an object through different texts, media, and cultural contexts; on a kaleidoscopic level, in normative or subversive citations and repetitions; in mistranslations and in allegorical readings; within ourselves; inside the labyrinth of Western civilization or at the other side of a fence; in the overload of culture; in visual excess
ISBN:0804782768
9780804782760