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 119
... female body . At the same time , the female body is figured as marking the boundary of the cosmos and the limits of the known world , enclosing the ragged men , with their dreams of pepper and pearls , in her indefinite , oceanic body ...
... female body . At the same time , the female body is figured as marking the boundary of the cosmos and the limits of the known world , enclosing the ragged men , with their dreams of pepper and pearls , in her indefinite , oceanic body ...
Page 127
... female body under a female regime and because they want to find a female body that is more than nominal , more than " the name of nothing . " Lost in Pirate World and endangered by pirates who want to seize the treasure promised by ...
... female body under a female regime and because they want to find a female body that is more than nominal , more than " the name of nothing . " Lost in Pirate World and endangered by pirates who want to seize the treasure promised by ...
Page 147
... female could exist together in one body " ( 31 ) and that she killed herself at twenty - one . Acker has given us female characters in the past whose mothers have told them that straight - As did not matter , that it would make boys not ...
... female could exist together in one body " ( 31 ) and that she killed herself at twenty - one . Acker has given us female characters in the past whose mothers have told them that straight - As did not matter , that it would make boys not ...
Contents
The Paralyzing Tensions of Radical Art in a | 47 |
BUILDING | 67 |
A Kaleidoscopic | 85 |
Copyright | |
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