The distance between us

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dc.contributor.advisorBrundrit, Jeanen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Dominiqueen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-29T05:01:49Z
dc.date.available2014-12-29T05:01:49Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractSimon Critchley introduces his book on death, philosophy and literature, Very Little - Almost Nothing, with a preface titled As my father, I have already died, and describes his work as an act of mourning. What follows is an account of his last moments with his father who died after a long struggle with lung cancer. Critchley missed his father's death by twenty minutes: A nurse took me to see him and then left me alone. The room was unlit and sparsely furnished. In pale winter light, he lay with a single sheet covering his corpse: tiny, withered and ravaged by cancer. I spent no more than five minutes alone with him, initially standing petrified, then sitting, and finally summoning up the courage to touch his cheek and nose and caress his forehead. It felt cool. So, this is what death looks like, I thought. This is what my death will look like.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationEdwards, D. (2011). <i>The distance between us</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10484en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationEdwards, Dominique. <i>"The distance between us."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10484en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationEdwards, D. 2011. The distance between us. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Edwards, Dominique AB - Simon Critchley introduces his book on death, philosophy and literature, Very Little - Almost Nothing, with a preface titled As my father, I have already died, and describes his work as an act of mourning. What follows is an account of his last moments with his father who died after a long struggle with lung cancer. Critchley missed his father's death by twenty minutes: A nurse took me to see him and then left me alone. The room was unlit and sparsely furnished. In pale winter light, he lay with a single sheet covering his corpse: tiny, withered and ravaged by cancer. I spent no more than five minutes alone with him, initially standing petrified, then sitting, and finally summoning up the courage to touch his cheek and nose and caress his forehead. It felt cool. So, this is what death looks like, I thought. This is what my death will look like. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - The distance between us TI - The distance between us UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10484 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10484
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationEdwards D. The distance between us. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10484en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentMichaelis School of Fine Arten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherFine Arten_ZA
dc.titleThe distance between usen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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