| Description |
1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part I: The City of Memory. The first resort -- Bestiary -- Woolloomooloo -- Laurel -- I'm very into you -- San Francisco -- The concept of the body -- Body and body : Flesh -- Dildocentrism -- Kathy's girl, in and out -- Further outings -- Wardrobe -- Transitive -- Mouth of truth -- New York -- Bridge and tunnel -- Topping (1) -- Topping (2) -- Noise -- Memory is redundant -- The viewing room -- New York, -- Part II: A philosophy for spiders. Null philosophy -- Spiders -- Philosophy -- Selving -- Wonder -- Writing -- First philosophy -- Exteriority -- Emotions -- Memory -- Time -- Narrative -- Eye -- Boredom -- Solitude -- Dreams -- Imagination -- Body-work -- Masturbation -- Handwriting -- Second philosophy -- Inheritance -- Fathers -- Mothers -- Library -- Desire -- Sex -- Penetration -- Misandry -- Rape -- Masochism -- Women -- Engendering -- Love -- Death -- Third philosophy -- Cities -- Sex-work -- Art-work -- Fame-work -- Capitalism -- Post-capitalism -- History -- Politics -- Culture -- Agency -- Girls -- Revolution -- Holes -- Fiction -- Détournement -- Myth -- Nature -- Dysphoric afterword -- Chorus |
| Summary |
"McKenzie Wark combines an autobiographical account of her relationship with Kathy Acker with her transgender reading of Acker's writing to outline Acker's philosophy of embodiment and its importance for theorizing the trans experience"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Acker, Kathy, 1948-1997 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Wark, McKenzie, 1961-
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| SUBJECT |
Wark, McKenzie, 1961-
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Acker, Kathy, 1948-1997 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Acker, Kathy, 1948-1997. fast (OCoLC)fst00081135 |
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Wark, McKenzie, 1961- fast (OCoLC)fst00333609 |
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Experimental fiction, American -- History and criticism
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Feminist fiction, American -- History and criticism
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Postmodernism (Literature) -- United States
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Feminist literary criticism.
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Gender identity in literature.
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Sex role in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / LGBTQ.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ Studies / Transgender Studies.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Gay & Lesbian
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Experimental fiction, American.
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Feminist fiction, American.
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Feminist literary criticism.
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Gender identity in literature.
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Postmodernism (Literature)
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Sex role in literature.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021004442 |
| ISBN |
1478021985 |
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9781478021988 |
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