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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... insists that whorehouses are not the most detrimental aspect of the social order . For one , they can offer the ideal compromise between circulation ( the business of sexuality , the exchange of women , the interchangeablity of men ...
... insists that whorehouses are not the most detrimental aspect of the social order . For one , they can offer the ideal compromise between circulation ( the business of sexuality , the exchange of women , the interchangeablity of men ...
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... insists on performance writing as a radical exchange between author and reader . More exactly , she stages a transference or phenom- enological intertwining wherein the reader becomes inextricably and intimately connected to death . In ...
... insists on performance writing as a radical exchange between author and reader . More exactly , she stages a transference or phenom- enological intertwining wherein the reader becomes inextricably and intimately connected to death . In ...
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... insists that texts create identity . " The Gift of Disease " opens by declaring itself to be different from Acker's other writings : " I am going to tell this story as I know it . Even now , it is strange to me . I have no idea why I am ...
... insists that texts create identity . " The Gift of Disease " opens by declaring itself to be different from Acker's other writings : " I am going to tell this story as I know it . Even now , it is strange to me . I have no idea why I am ...
Contents
The Paralyzing Tensions of Radical Art in a | 47 |
BUILDING | 67 |
A Kaleidoscopic | 85 |
Copyright | |
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