In addition to the 22 original essays, this edition includes 9 new ones as well as new introductory material. All help expand the book's scope while retaining its central goal of stimulating discussion of theoretical issues in art history and making it accessible. List of Illustrations vii Mediation ix Robert S. Nelson At the Place of a Foreword: Someone Looking, Reading, and Writing xiii Robert S. Nelson OPERATIONS Representation 3(17) David Summers Sign 20(15) Alex Potts Simulacrum 35(16) Michael Camille COMMUNICATIONS Word and Image 51(11) W. J. T. Mitchell Narrative 62(13) Wolfgang Kemp Performance 75(23) Kristine Stiles Style 98(12) Jas Elsner Context 110(18) Paul Mattick, Jr. Meaning/Interpretation 128(17) Stephen Bann HISTORIES Originality 145(15) Richard Shiff Appropriation 160(14) Robert S. Nelson Art History 174(14) David Carrier Modernism 188(14) Charles Harrison Avant-Garde 202(15) Ann Gibson Primitive 217(17) Mark Antliff Patricia Leighten Memory/Monument 234(17) James E. Young SOCIAL RELATIONS Body 251(16) Amelia Jones Beauty 267(14) Ivan Gaskell Ugliness 281(15) Nina Athanassoglou-Kallmyer Ritual 296(10) Suzanne Preston Blier Fetish 306(12) William Pietz Gaze 318(12) Margaret Olin Gender 330(15) Whitney Davis Identity 345(16) Richard Meyer SOCIETIES Production 361(21) Terry Smith Commodity 382(25) Paul Wood Collecting/Museums 407(12) Donald Preziosi Value 419(16) Joseph Leo Koerner Lisbet Rausing Postmodernism/Postcolonialism 435(17) Homi K. Bhabha Visual Culture/Visual Studies 452(13) James D. Herbert Social History of Art 465(14) Craig Clunas Afterword: Figuration 479(8) Richard Shiff List of Contributors 487(5) Index 492