Devouring InstitutionsMichael Hardin Essays by 13 authors, including Robert Mazzola, Carol Siegel, and Svetlana Mintcheva. Sections include "Writing between Madness and Paralysis," "Building the Body of Desires," "Attacking Language" and "Post-Plagiarism." With an introduction by the editor and a primary and secondary bibliography of Acker's work. . |
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Page 76
... body of the narrator in more powerful ways as well . For one thing , the insti- tution attempts ( unsuccessfully ) to erase the materiality of the students ' bodies by inscribing on those bodies codes of personal hygiene that make ...
... body of the narrator in more powerful ways as well . For one thing , the insti- tution attempts ( unsuccessfully ) to erase the materiality of the students ' bodies by inscribing on those bodies codes of personal hygiene that make ...
Page 77
... body was a desiring body and not just a body to be desired , her experiences are frequently without name or can be named only in retrospect . " In those days I don't know if we had sex with each other because I didn't know that women ...
... body was a desiring body and not just a body to be desired , her experiences are frequently without name or can be named only in retrospect . " In those days I don't know if we had sex with each other because I didn't know that women ...
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... bodies are a form of plagiarism : that is to say , both appropriate names and identities for their own uses as they chart their various courses . The goal in this novel is to make the map and the body lead Acker's heroines not forward ...
... bodies are a form of plagiarism : that is to say , both appropriate names and identities for their own uses as they chart their various courses . The goal in this novel is to make the map and the body lead Acker's heroines not forward ...
Contents
The Paralyzing Tensions of Radical Art in a | 47 |
BUILDING | 67 |
A Kaleidoscopic | 85 |
Copyright | |
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