Puppet: An Essay on Uncanny Life - Kenneth Gross - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226005508 - October 3, 2012
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Puppet: An Essay on Uncanny Life


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The puppet creates delight and fear. It may evoke the innocent play of childhood, or become a tool of ritual magic, able to negotiate with ghosts and gods. In this book, the author contemplates the fascination of these unsettling objects - objects that are also actors and images of life.


224 pages, 4 colour plates, 24 halftones

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 3, 2012
ISBN13 9780226005508
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 216
Dimensions 217 × 144 × 13 mm   ·   312 g

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