摘要：History, herstory or itstory concerns events that have occurred in the past andwhether the present negates this or contains this depends on the level ofhistoricizing historicity. History is written for the period in which it is produced,commenting both on the present and the past, and possibly indicating a way to abetter future. The image, however, speaks not just of a temporal connection but ametaphysical paradigm. Both the image and the cadaver operate as doubles,occupying two places, here and nowhere, neither in the world nor totally absentand therefore mediating both worlds (Goodwin and Bronfen 1992: 11).Representation always has death as one of its signifiers due to its nature ofresemblance and doubling
