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Philosophy for spiders : on the low theory of Kathy Acker / McKenzie Wark.
Van Pelt Library PS3551.C44 Z95 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wark, McKenzie, 1961- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Acker, Kathy, 1948-1997--Criticism and interpretation.
- Acker, Kathy.
- Wark, McKenzie, 1961-.
- Wark, McKenzie.
- Acker, Kathy, 1948-1997.
- Experimental fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Experimental fiction, American.
- Feminist fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Feminist fiction, American.
- Postmodernism (Literature)--United States.
- Postmodernism (Literature).
- Criticism and interpretation.
- United States.
- Feminist literary criticism.
- Gender identity in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.
- 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.
- "It's time to recognize Kathy Acker as one of the great postwar American writers. Over the decades readers have found a punk Acker, a feminist Acker, a queer Acker, a kink Acker, and an avant-garde Acker. In Philosophy for Spiders, McKenzie Wark adds a trans Acker. Wark recounts her memories of Acker (with whom she had a passionate affair) and gives a comprehensive reading of her published and archived works. Wark finds not just an inventive writer of fiction who pressed against the boundaries of gender, but a theorist whose comprehensive philosophy of life brings a conceptual intelligence to the everyday life of those usually excluded from philosophy's purview. As Wark shows, Acker's engagement with topics such as masturbation, sadism, body-building, and penetrative sex are central to her distinct phenomenology of the body that theorizes the body's relation to others, the city, and technology"-- Provided by publisher.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wark, McKenzie, 1961- Philosophy for spiders.
- ISBN:
- 9781478013754
- 1478013753
- 9781478014683
- 1478014687
- OCLC:
- 1241163895
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