October : The First Decade, 1976-1986Tools Michelson, Annette; Krauss, Rosalind; Crimp, Douglas; Copjec, Joan; Didi-Huberman, Georges; Caillois, Roger; Buchloch, Benjamin H.D.; Eisenstein, Sergei; Macciocchi, Maria-Antonietta; Deutsche, Rosalyn; Ryan, Cara Gendel; Bois, Yve-Alain; Buren, Daniel; Phillips, Christopher; Bhabha, Homi; Doane, Mary Ann; Fineman, Joel; Handke, Peter; Bataille, Georges; Frampton, Hollis; Morris, Robert and Nadar. October : The First Decade, 1976-1986. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987.
Abstract (English)In this anthology of essays published in October magazine, the authors, working on and in postmodernism and poststructuralism, address issues such as the nature of the indexical sign, historical materialism, the critique of institutions, psychoanalysis, the rhetorical force of social discourses, and the body. Includes a portfolio of photographs of Trisha Brown's choreography and a visual essay by Louise Lawler. Circa 300 bibl. ref. Edit this item (login required): |