Decolonising Gender: Literature and a Poetics of the RealThrough examination of the functions of language and cross-cultural readings of literature – from African queer reading to postcolonial Shakespeare – Rooney explores the nature of the real, providing:
Exploring current ideas of performativity in literature and language, and negotiating a path between feminist theory’s common pitfalls of essentialism and constructivism, Caroline Rooney argues convincingly that by rethinking our understanding of gender we might also equip ourselves to resist racism and totalitarianism more effectively. |
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... machine through what Adorno refers to as a 'jargon of authenticity' and what Srinivas Aravamundan speaks of as a 'theolinguistic supplement'.20 The theologising of language and of techno-performativity seems to serve as a would-be ...
... machine through what Adorno refers to as a 'jargon of authenticity' and what Srinivas Aravamundan speaks of as a 'theolinguistic supplement'.20 The theologising of language and of techno-performativity seems to serve as a would-be ...
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... machine', p. 7), he nonetheless goes on to state the following: Entering the new world of genetic embryology sometimes feels like a Tolkien novel; it requires you to learn a massive vocabulary. But – and here is the wonder of it – you ...
... machine', p. 7), he nonetheless goes on to state the following: Entering the new world of genetic embryology sometimes feels like a Tolkien novel; it requires you to learn a massive vocabulary. But – and here is the wonder of it – you ...
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... : 'We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth that still fills me with astonishment' (p. 123). From Coen's point of view, this is a falsification,
... : 'We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth that still fills me with astonishment' (p. 123). From Coen's point of view, this is a falsification,
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... machines or things. I will return to this reading in my later consideration of Specters of Marx in the final chapter. This is the opening sentence of Capital – and I am grateful to Forbes Morlock for this cutting and for the following ...
... machines or things. I will return to this reading in my later consideration of Specters of Marx in the final chapter. This is the opening sentence of Capital – and I am grateful to Forbes Morlock for this cutting and for the following ...
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... machine, the 'survival machines' of Ridley and Dawkins. What this 'survival machine' implies is the inflexible subjection of the potentialities of being to the survival of the machine or: God-the-Machine. Bohm and Peat, rejecting a ...
... machine, the 'survival machines' of Ridley and Dawkins. What this 'survival machine' implies is the inflexible subjection of the potentialities of being to the survival of the machine or: God-the-Machine. Bohm and Peat, rejecting a ...
Contents
From monstrosity and technoperformativity to sumud 13 | |
Radiance or brilliance 75 | |
the philosophical type 93 | |
women of Zimbabwe 126 | |
Shakespeare the shaman 162 | |
a conclusion 190 | |
Notes 218 | |
Index 234 | |
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