Image, Icon, Economy: The Byzantine Origins of the Contemporary Imaginary History Through intimate portraits of Rwandans

Through intimate portraits of Rwandans in all walks of life

known only as "the Imagined

a riveting work of narrative nonfiction centering on the unsolved disappearance of an American backpacker in India--one of at least two dozen tourists who have met a similar fate in the remote and storied Parvati Valley

shedding light on her artistic evolution and the lasting significance of her poetry

she recounts her early days of prostitution in bawdy eighteenth-century London and her dramatic rise to respectability

Image, Icon, Economy: The Byzantine Origins of the Contemporary Imaginary History Through intimate portraits of RwandansTitle: Image, Icon, Economy: The Byzantine Origins of the Contemporary Imaginary Author: Marie Jos Mondzain ISBN: 9780804741019 Publisher: Stanford University Press Published: 2004 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: 1 Number of Pages: 280 Condition Note: Moderate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American made mailers. 100% money back guarantee on all orders.