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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... struggle to leave behind the position of paralysis which is that of the writer in a postmodern world and offer an alterna- tive , politically transformative , narrative : a " myth to live by . " In this struggle Acker submits other ...
... struggle to leave behind the position of paralysis which is that of the writer in a postmodern world and offer an alterna- tive , politically transformative , narrative : a " myth to live by . " In this struggle Acker submits other ...
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... struggle to leave the position of polit- ical paralysis and transfigure the world through the imagination com- municates the experience of limits and impossibility inherent in the utopian imagination constrained by present material ...
... struggle to leave the position of polit- ical paralysis and transfigure the world through the imagination com- municates the experience of limits and impossibility inherent in the utopian imagination constrained by present material ...
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... struggle to escape language prisons is stuck within a late 20th - century paradigm where transgression is repeatedly found to re - affirm boundaries , whether those of sense , or of the codes assaulted through taboo . However , even ...
... struggle to escape language prisons is stuck within a late 20th - century paradigm where transgression is repeatedly found to re - affirm boundaries , whether those of sense , or of the codes assaulted through taboo . However , even ...
Contents
The Paralyzing Tensions of Radical Art in a | 47 |
BUILDING | 67 |
A Kaleidoscopic | 85 |
Copyright | |
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