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In Poetics of Deconstruction, Lynn Turner develops an intimate
attention to independent films, art and the psychoanalyses by which
they might make sense other than under continued license of the
subject that calls himself man. Drawing extensively from Jacques
Derrida's philosophy in precise dialogue with feminist thought,
animal studies and posthumanism, this book explores the
vulnerability of the living as rooted in non-oppositional
differences. From abjection to mourning, to the speculative and the
performative, it reposes concepts and buzzwords seemingly at home
in feminist theory, visual culture and the humanities more broadly.
Stepping away from the carno-phallogocentric legacies of the
signifier and the dialectic, Poetics of Deconstruction asks you to
welcome nonpower into politics, always sexual but no longer
anchored in sacrifice.
Introducing Communication Theory: Analysis and Application focuses
on the links between theory and everyday experiences. This text
uses an engaging writing style and a consistent, organized template
to present the concept of theory and help students become
insightful, critical thinkers. The Connect course for this offering
includes SmartBook, an adaptive reading and study experience that
guides students to master, recall, and apply key concepts while
providing automatically graded assessments.
This explores the political and poetic understanding of the
deconstruction of the 'animal question'. Re-examining how we relate
to other animals has far-reaching implications for how we think of
ourselves. This textbook reveals how thinkers on deconstruction,
including Jacques Derrida, Helene Cixous and Nicholas Royle, have
consistently addressed questions about animality. Cixous questions
human intervention between the death of a wild bird and the
predation of a domestic cat. Kelly Oliver explores Derrida's
analysis of what or whose gaze is at stake when a King oversees the
autopsy of an elephant. Royle examines in what sense the vulnerable
impressions made by the tunnelling of a mole might be thought of as
the traces of a text. Throughout this collection authors explore
the politics, and the poetics, of a less human-centred world. They
demonstrate that even when this world is viewed through the prism
of fields such as literature, autobiography and philosophy, it
always shows traces of other animals. It expands the current debate
on the 'animal question' through new essays by established authors,
such as Peggy Kamuf, Sarah Wood and Judith Still, that critically
examine a wide range of texts by Derrida, Cixous and Royle. It
includes the first English translation of 'Un Refugie' by Helene
Cixous, showing how her approach to relations between humans and
other animals is similar to but distinct from that of Derrida. It
republishes Nicholas Royle's ground-breaking essay 'Mole'.
Provides cross-disciplinary perspectives on the study of animals in
humanitiesThis volume critically investigates current topics and
disciplines that are affected, enriched or put into dispute by the
burgeoning scholarship on Animal Studies. What new questions and
modes of research need come into play if we are to seriously
acknowledge our entanglements with other animals? World-leading
scholars from a range of disciplines, including Literature,
Philosophy, Art, Biosemiotics, and Geography, set the agenda for
Animal Studies today. Rather than a narrow specialism, the 35 newly
commissioned essays in this book show how we think of other animals
to be intrinsic to fields as major as ethics, economies as
widespread as capitalism and relations as common as friendship.The
volume contains original, cutting-edge research and opens up new
methods, alignments, directions as well as challenges for the
future of Animal Studies. Uniquely, the chapters each focus on a
single topic, from 'Abjection' to 'Voice' and from 'Affection' to
'Technology', thus embedding the animal question as central to
contemporary concerns across a wide range of disciplines.Key
FeaturesProvides in one work prominent scholars in animal studies
and their reflections on the trajectory of the fieldEmbeds the
'animal question' as central to contemporary concerns across a wide
range of disciplinesBrings discourses from the sciences into
dialogue with the arts and humanitiesOpens up new methods,
alignments, directions and challenges for the future of animal
studiesAfterword from Cary Wolfe (Bruce and Elizabeth Dunlevie
Professor of English, Rice University)
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Hurry-Caine Atlanta (Paperback)
Dwayne Lavice Turner; Edited by Patricia Lynn Turner, Nicole Williamson
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This is a compelling saga of drugs, murder, and love. Atlanta has
been gripped by a wave of violence, resulting from the New Orleans
third ward, having been forced out of New Orleans by Hurricane
Katrina and left destitute and without resources. The third ward
struggles to gain a foothold on the Atlanta underworld. Nero and
Ahaz meet for a blood-wrenching turf war to gain respect for the
right to control money, power, and prestige. The streets of Atlanta
are unforgiving in a tale where mistakes and slip-ups count.
Atlanta's Ahaz who is from Bowen Homes refuses to bow down to the
grimy antics of the third ward Magnolia killas. What happens when a
irresistible force meets an immovable object?
Provides cross-disciplinary perspectives on the study of animals in
humanities This volume critically investigates current topics and
disciplines that are affected, enriched or put into dispute by the
burgeoning scholarship on Animal Studies. What new questions and
modes of research need come into play if we are to seriously
acknowledge our entanglements with other animals? World-leading
scholars from a range of disciplines, including Literature,
Philosophy, Art, Biosemiotics, and Geography, set the agenda for
Animal Studies today. Rather than a narrow specialism, the 35 newly
commissioned essays in this book show how we think of other animals
to be intrinsic to fields as major as ethics, economies as
widespread as capitalism and relations as common as friendship. The
volume contains original, cutting-edge research and opens up new
methods, alignments, directions as well as challenges for the
future of Animal Studies. Uniquely, the chapters each focus on a
single topic, from 'Abjection' to 'Voice' and from 'Affection' to
'Technology', thus embedding the animal question as central to
contemporary concerns across a wide range of disciplines. Key
Features Provides in one work prominent scholars in animal studies
and their reflections on the trajectory of the field Embeds the
'animal question' as central to contemporary concerns across a wide
range of disciplines Brings discourses from the sciences into
dialogue with the arts and humanities Opens up new methods,
alignments, directions and challenges for the future of animal
studies Afterword from Cary Wolfe (Bruce and Elizabeth Dunlevie
Professor of English, Rice University)
In Poetics of Deconstruction, Lynn Turner develops an intimate
attention to independent films, art and the psychoanalyses by which
they might make sense other than under continued license of the
subject that calls himself man. Drawing extensively from Jacques
Derrida's philosophy in precise dialogue with feminist thought,
animal studies and posthumanism, this book explores the
vulnerability of the living as rooted in non-oppositional
differences. From abjection to mourning, to the speculative and the
performative, it reposes concepts and buzzwords seemingly at home
in feminist theory, visual culture and the humanities more broadly.
Stepping away from the carno-phallogocentric legacies of the
signifier and the dialectic, Poetics of Deconstruction asks you to
welcome nonpower into politics, always sexual but no longer
anchored in sacrifice.
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