Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Prologue 1
4. 1. Presence in Absentia 8
5. 2. Be Here Now: Mimesis and the History of Representation 26
6. 3. Meaning, Truth, and Phenomenology 45
7. 4. Of Photographs, Puns, and Presence 62
8. 5. The Public Rendition of Images Médusées: Exhibiting Souvenir Photographs Taken at Lynchings in America 79
9. 6. The Presence of Immigrants, or Why Mexicans and Arabs Look Alike 103
10. 7. Transcultural Presence 122
11. 8. “It Disturbs Me with a Presence”: Hindu History and What Meaning Cannot Convey 144
12. 9. The Presence and Conceptualization of Contemporary Protesting Crowds 160
13. Epilogue: Presence Continuous 186
14. Notes 199
15. Contributors 221