On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection

By:

Stewart, Susan

Publication details: London Duke University Press 1993Description: xiv,213pISBN:

9780822313663

DDC classification:

808 STE

Contents:

Contents Preface/Hyperbole ix Prologue 1 1. ON DESCRIPTION AND THE BOOK 3 Still Life 3 The Sadness Without an Object 14 Interior Decorations 24 Space of Language 31 2. THE MINIATURE 37 Micrographia 37 Tableau: The Miniature Described 44 The Secret Life of Things 54 The Dollhouse 61 Miniature Time 65 3. THE GIGANTIC 70 Skywriting: Exteriority and Nature 70 Exteriority: The City 78 The Gigantic Described 86 The Lie: Gigantism in Language 93 4. THE IMAGINARY BODY 104 The Grotesque Body 104 The Body Made Miniature 111 The Tom Thumb Wedding 117 Reading the Body 125 5. OBJECTS OF DESIRE 132 Part I. The Souvenir 132 The Selfish 132 Distance and Intimacy 139 Separation and Restoration 145 Part II. The Collection, Paradise of Consumption 151 Context Destroyed 151 Inside and Outside 154 Metaconsumption: The Female Impersonator 166 Conclusion/Litotes 171 Notes 174 Selected Bibliography 193 Index 205

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Contents
Preface/Hyperbole ix
Prologue 1
1. ON DESCRIPTION AND THE BOOK 3
Still Life 3
The Sadness Without an Object 14
Interior Decorations 24
Space of Language 31
2. THE MINIATURE 37
Micrographia 37
Tableau: The Miniature Described 44
The Secret Life of Things 54
The Dollhouse 61
Miniature Time 65
3. THE GIGANTIC 70
Skywriting: Exteriority and Nature 70
Exteriority: The City 78
The Gigantic Described 86
The Lie: Gigantism in Language 93
4. THE IMAGINARY BODY 104
The Grotesque Body 104
The Body Made Miniature 111
The Tom Thumb Wedding 117
Reading the Body 125
5. OBJECTS OF DESIRE 132
Part I. The Souvenir 132
The Selfish 132
Distance and Intimacy 139
Separation and Restoration 145
Part II. The Collection, Paradise of Consumption 151
Context Destroyed 151 Inside and Outside 154
Metaconsumption: The Female Impersonator 166
Conclusion/Litotes 171
Notes 174
Selected Bibliography 193
Index 205

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