It neither makes use of those signifiers nor plays with them; it takes no position on them whatsoever, because — true to its nostalgia — it's constructed to do nothing but tell a story.
Eugenides pitches a big tent, but one of the delights of "Middlesex" is how soundly it's constructed, with motifs and characters weaving through the novel's various episodes, pulling it tight.
To take an animal apart is to see how wondrously it's constructed, and the more I peeled back the bear's coat the more familiar the underlying anatomy appeared: like a little man, a lean figure of solid muscle, every ripple of it recognizably like our own.
Janet Zweig's latest piece "Lipstick Enigma" kisses while it tells, as it's constructed from 1200 resin lipsticks that adjust to spell out different phrases.
It's constructed like a roller-coaster ride, with its thrills and scares, which the viewer knows will result in success — at least, success as defined by those who are involved in the mission.
Inspired by a bag given to Touitou's father by a Scottish banker in Tunis in the 1950s, it's constructed with vegetable-tanned leather and brown nylon canvas.
