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 55
... figure of the nomad as a very real fiction : the nomad is the man / woman of ideas apparently free of the economic pressures forcing the migrant , beyond the sense of loss of the emigrant ; he / she is at home everywhere , unbothered by ...
... figure of the nomad as a very real fiction : the nomad is the man / woman of ideas apparently free of the economic pressures forcing the migrant , beyond the sense of loss of the emigrant ; he / she is at home everywhere , unbothered by ...
Page 181
... figure takes over the last part of Acker's text , replacing Cervantes ' impotent hero with a powerful religious icon who exposes the distorted religious ideology that is hidden behind Cervantes ' portrayal of courtly love . The Christ ...
... figure takes over the last part of Acker's text , replacing Cervantes ' impotent hero with a powerful religious icon who exposes the distorted religious ideology that is hidden behind Cervantes ' portrayal of courtly love . The Christ ...
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... figure of the mother . Just as in her other novels Don Quixote , Which Was a Dream and The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec , Acker has stolen a male protagonist from the " toy shop " of culture and made him female . However , by doing so ...
... figure of the mother . Just as in her other novels Don Quixote , Which Was a Dream and The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec , Acker has stolen a male protagonist from the " toy shop " of culture and made him female . However , by doing so ...
Contents
The Paralyzing Tensions of Radical Art in a | 47 |
BUILDING | 67 |
A Kaleidoscopic | 85 |
Copyright | |
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