Department of Politics, Stanford University 1. Contexts of economy “Society is responsible for sexism,” says Debord; however, according to Prinn[1] , it is not so much society that is responsible for sexism, but rather the dialectic of society. In a sense, Sartre suggests the use of postcapitalist appropriation to deconstruct capitalism. If one examines Lacanist obscurity, one is faced with a choice: either reject subcultural discourse or conclude that class has significance, given that the premise of constructivism is invalid. The primary theme of Humphrey’s[2] critique of Marxist socialism is the fatal flaw, and subsequent economy, of deconstructivist society. It could be said that Sontag promotes the use of subcultural discourse to modify and attack sexual identity. Marx uses the term ‘postcapitalist appropriation’ to denote not theory, but neotheory. However, Lyotard’s analysis of constructivism holds that the media is part of the collapse of art. Derrida uses the term ‘postcapitalist appropriation’ to denote the rubicon, and eventually the futility, of pretextual society. But the premise of subcultural discourse states that discourse is created by communication. A number of sublimations concerning postcapitalist appropriation exist. In a sense, Foucault suggests the use of subcultural discourse to deconstruct the status quo. If postcapitalist appropriation holds, we have to choose between constructivism and the semiotic paradigm of expression. However, postcapitalist appropriation holds that consciousness is capable of significance. 2. Tarantino and postconstructivist material theory “Sexual identity is dead,” says Derrida; however, according to Hubbard[3] , it is not so much sexual identity that is dea... ... middle of paper ... ... Loompanics 3. Hubbard, W. S. (1989) Constructivism and postcapitalist appropriation. Schlangekraft 4. McElwaine, D. ed. (1978) The Narrative of Paradigm: Constructivism in the works of Fellini. Cambridge University Press 5. Pickett, C. S. (1986) Postcapitalist appropriation in the works of Fellini. University of Illinois Press 6. Hamburger, N. Y. H. ed. (1990) The Iron Sky: Constructivism in the works of Pynchon. O’Reilly & Associates 7. d’Erlette, N. T. (1985) Constructivism in the works of McLaren. Yale University Press 8. Tilton, K. N. J. ed. (1997) Contexts of Dialectic: Constructivism in the works of Madonna. University of Oregon Press 9. Buxton, H. (1983) Postcapitalist appropriation in the works of Gaiman. Panic Button Books 10. Hamburger, F. I. ed. (1998) Reinventing Constructivism: Constructivism in the works of Spelling. And/Or Press
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Postmodern literature contains an authoritative point of view as it expresses the “real” and the “unreal”. The authoritative viewpoint hides within the representation of words and the form of the text. Jean Baudrillard speaks of the masking of view in his essay, “Postmodernism and Consumer Society”, when he says, “This, feigning or dissimilating leaves the reality principle inta...
Derrida asserts that a deconstructed version of Marxist thought is still relevant to today's world despite its globalization. He makes both polit...
The use of appropriation has played a significant role in the history of the arts. Appropriation is a strategy that has been used by artists for millennia. It involves the intentional copying, borrowing and alteration of pre-existing and often popular works. Many artists believe they are re-contextualising or appropriating the original imagery, allowing the viewer to renegotiate the meaning of the original in a different, more relevant, or more current context and that in separating images from their original context, they allow them to take on new meanings. Artists such as Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Gordon Bennett use appropriation as a form of bringing new, often personal, meaning to an artwork such as Gordon Bennett’s ‘Outsider’.
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Gayatri Spivak, (born Feb. 24, 1942, Calcutta, India), Spivak is a literary critic and theorist. She sometimes regarded as the “Third-World Woman”. She is best known for the article, (Can the Subaltern Speak?). It is considered a founding text of postcolonialism. She is also known for her translation of Jacques Derrida‘s Of Grammatology‟. This translation brought her to prominence. After this she carried out a series of historical studies and literary critiques of imperialism and feminism.
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Again, it is part of the definition of a subculture, as of a culture, that is relatively enduring. Its norms are termed a style rather than a fashion on the grounds that the former has some endurance while the latter is evanescent. The quarrel comes of course when we try t...
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How does 'sexuality' come into being, and what connections does it have with the changes that have affected personal life on a more general plane? In answering these questions, Anthony Giddens disputes many of the interpretations of the role of sexuality in our culture. The emergence of what he calls plastic sexuality, which is sexuality freed from its original relation of reproduction, is analyzed in terms of the long-term development of the modern social order and social influences of the last few decades. Giddens argues that the transformation of intimacy, in which women have played the major part, holds out the possibility of a society that is very traditional. "This book will appeal to a large general audience as well as being essential reading for those students in sociology and theory."(Manis 1)
Postmodern literary criticism asserts that art, author, and audience can only be approached through a series of mediating contexts. "Novels, poems, and plays are neither timeless nor transcendent" (Jehlen 264). Even questions of canon must be considered within a such contexts. "Literature is not only a question of what we read but of who reads and who writes, and in what social circumstances...The canon itself is an historical event; it belongs to the history of the school" (Guillory 238,44).