Independent body parts
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| [[Severed]], [[disembodied]], [[dismembered]]. | [[Severed]], [[disembodied]], [[dismembered]]. | ||
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| *''[[The Rape]]'' by Magritte | *''[[The Rape]]'' by Magritte | ||
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- Dismembered limbs, a severed head, a hand cut off at the wrist, as in a fairy tale of Wilhelm Hauff's, feet which dance by themselves, as in the book by Albrecht Schaeffer which I mentioned above--all these have something peculiarly uncanny about them, especially when, as in the last instance, they prove capable of independent activity in addition. --The Uncanny (1919) - Sigmund Freud
Keywords
Severed, disembodied, dismembered.
In visual arts
- The Rape by Magritte
- Study of Truncated Limbs by Théodore Géricault
- L'Ultrameuble by Kurt Seligmann here.
- The Rough Boy vid clip by ZZ Top. dailymotion
See also
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