Open AccessTrace Evidence: The Uncertainty of the Real
Author(s) -
Belinda Morrissey,
Kristen Davis
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
cultural studies review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1837-8692
pISSN - 1446-8123
DOI - 10.5130/csr.v13i2.2139
Subject(s) - evocation , materiality (auditing) , sublime , trace (psycholinguistics) , aesthetics , object (grammar) , focus (optics) , history , art , literature , philosophy , linguistics , physics , optics
This article examines the impact of trace items through their evocation and elevation to the status of the sublime object. The authors focus on the impact that things left behind by the dead or missing have on those whose loved them, arguing that such traces provide a glimmer of materiality that those left behind can desperately crave