{"product_id":"becoming-9780822323556","title":"Becoming","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClementina, Viscountess Hawarden (1822-1865) produced over eight hundred photographs during her all-too-brief life. This book contemplates the experience of the photograph and considers the relationship of Hawarden's works to the concept of the female fetish, to voyeurism, mirrors and lenses, and twins and doubling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The author’s perspectives on Victorian and contemporary issues of intimacy, exhibition, maternity, sexuality, just to name a few of the themes in play here, open up new perspectives for the reader, who thus feels inspired to stop and dream for a while, hoping to do so as acutely and as inventively as Mavor does.”—Joseph Litvak, author of \u003ci\u003eStrange Gourmets: Theory, Sophistication, and the Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eHandsomely written and carefully researched, this book will have large appeal. It is a real treasure—indeed, unforgettable.”—Richard Howard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Preface: “Only, my secret’s mine, and I won’t tell”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An Erotic Note\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Queer Note\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Adolescent Reverie\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Reduplicative Desires\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “In Which the Story Pauses a Little” \u003cbr\u003e Sapphic Narcissa\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Collecting Loss\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Postscript\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Works Cited \u003cbr\u003e Index 211\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51534990606679,"sku":"9780822323556","price":104.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822323556.jpg?v=1755858511","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/becoming-9780822323556","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}