The politics of the face: the scopic regime and the (un-)masking of the political subject.
Face is commonly seen as a feature exclusive to each person. It expresses subject’s feelings, thoughts and in turn represents knowledge that is otherwise deemed personal. However, face is mistakenly seen as pure expression of subject’s thoughts. This article aims to show that face is a product of go...
| Publicado en: | Journal for Cultural Research Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 122 - 137 |
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