Idols in the Archive
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3609335 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Manan Ahmed Asif (0000-0003-4973-8711, Columbia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 9-16 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021911813001678 |
| OpenAlex | W1967764124 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Is a circumcision, for example, an exterior mark? Is it an archive?Let me begin at the beginning.My left eyebrow has a scar. It is jagged, and usually the droop of the eyebrow hides it from view. I see it sometimes when I look in the mirror. When I see it, I am reminded instantly of my father. He was sitting, reading a newspaper, on the lawn of our Lahore house. It was near to 6:00 p.m.-late evening to dusk. I had recently conquered the art of biking and I was eager to show him how well I rode. I kept going past him on the bike, but he was engrossed in the paper. Finally I decided that to really get his attention, I would need to go really, really fast. I went a ways, and began to pedal furiously. Right as I gathered full speed and came up to him, I looked at him to see if he was watching me. He wasn't. That split second, however, was enough for me to lose control of the bike, which swerved radically to the left, and I went face-first into a column of bricks. He looked up as I stumbled up, my eye covered in blood. I have no memory of this, except for when I "see" my scar
Art · Art history · Dusk · Eyebrow · Face (sociological concept) · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Reading (process) · Sociology · Visual arts · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Cuban History and Society · History · Law · Literature, Magical Realism, García Márquez · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |