Beyond recognition : representation, power, and culture / Craig Owens ; edited by Scott Bryson [and others] ; introduction by Simon Watney.

Main entry:

Owens, Craig.

Title & Author:

Beyond recognition : representation, power, and culture / Craig Owens ; edited by Scott Bryson [and others] ; introduction by Simon Watney.

Publication:

Description:

xvii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-369) and index.
Craig Owens: "The Indignity of Speaking for Others" / Simon Watney -- pt. I. Toward a Theory of Postmodernism. Einstein on the Beach: The Primacy of Metaphor. Photography en abyme. Detachment: from the parergon. Earthwords. The Allegorical Impulse: Toward a Theory of Postmodernism. The Allegorical Impulse: Toward a Theory of. Postmodernism, Part 2. Representation, Appropriation, and Power. Sherrie Levine at A & M Artworks. Allan McCollum: Repetition and Difference. From Work to Frame, or, Is There Life After "The Death of the Author"? -- pt. II. Sexuality/Power. Honor, Power, and the Love of Women. William Wegman's Psychoanalytic Vaudeville. The Discourse of Others: Feminists and Postmodernism. The Medusa Effect, or, The Spectacular Ruse. Posing. Outlaws: Gay Men in Feminism -- pt. III. Cultures. Politics of Coppelia. Sects and Language. The Critic as Realist. "The Indignity of Speaking for Others": An Imaginary Interview. The Problem with Puerilism. Analysis Logical and Ideological. Improper Names. Interview with Craig Owens / Anders Stephanson. The Yen for Art. Global Issues -- pt. IV. Pedagogy. Postmodern Art 1971-1986. Bibliography: Contemporary Art and Art Criticism. Seminar in Theory and Criticism. Bibliography: The Political Economy of Culture. Visualizing AIDS. Course Bibliography on Visual AIDS.

Summary:

Essays written by Owens over the 15 years he was writing, divided into four sections: Towards a theory of postmodernism, Sexuality/power, Cultures, and Pedagogy. These latter two indicate the scope of his political commitment.

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Table of contents

ISBN:

0520077393 (alk. paper)
9780520077393 (alk. paper)
9780520077409 (pbk.)
0520077407 (pbk.)

Subject:

Owens, Craig, 1950-1990.
Arts Psychological aspects.
Politics in art.
Arts, Modern 20th century.
Arts, Modern.
Arts Aspect psychologique.
Politique dans l'art.
Arts 20e siècle.
Kunst.
Culturele aspecten.
Psychologische aspecten.
Arts

Form/genre:

Biographies.

Added entries:

Bryson, Scott Stewart, editor.
Watney, Simon, writer of introduction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 325255
Call No.: 325255
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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