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1. 1. Manet And The Family Romance

   

   A close reading of Manet’s paintings argues that his portrayals of domestic scenes, portraits, and public intimacies expose and unsettle the myths of bourgeois family life; by treating the canvas as a stage for disputed identities, gender roles, and spectatorship, the book uses psychoanalytic ideas about the “family romance” alongside visual analysis to show how Manet both depended on and undermined conventional narratives of lineage, respectability, and modern subjectivity. Through attention to specific works, modes of representation (including photography and portraiture), and the social contexts that shaped reception, it traces how Manet’s art negotiates private desires and public display, producing a modern visual language that reveals the anxieties and contradictions at the heart of nineteenth-century family and social order.