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Affirmation babel prattle edges brio split community body commentary drift expression right exchange hearing emotion boredom inside out exactitude fetish war image-reservoirs intertext isotrope tongue reading mandarinate modern nihilism nomination obscurantism oedipus fear sentence pleasure politics daily recuperation representation oppositions dream science significance subject theory value voice as mentioned in this paper.Abstract:
Affirmation babel prattle edges brio split community body commentary drift expression right exchange hearing emotion boredom inside out exactitude fetish war image-reservoirs intertext isotrope tongue reading mandarinate modern nihilism nomination obscurantism oedipus fear sentence pleasure politics daily recuperation representation oppositions dream science significance subject theory value voice.read more
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The Materialism Of The Encounter: Queer Sociality And Capital In Modern Literature
TL;DR: Schmidt as discussed by the authors argues for the critical importance of queer sociality as a confrontation with global capital, a confrontation in which sexualities emerge as a material history necessary for rethinking the broader experiences of twentieth century modernity.
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Engendering Naturalism: Narrative Form and Commodity Spectacle in U.S. Naturalist Fiction
TL;DR: In a well-known passage from Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie, the eponymous heroine, Carrie Meeber, "an apt student in fortune's ways," learns a lesson from her lover in the art of feminine public appearance as mentioned in this paper.
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About decentered individuals on screen : an analysis of American fantasy films
TL;DR: In this article, a detailed qualitative case study methodology was used to explore the contradictions, inconsistencies, and paradoxes rooted in popular Reaganesque portrayals in American fantasy films.
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Commentary: Separating Play and Critique: Postmodern and Critical Perspectives on TQM/BPR
TL;DR: In this paper, De Cock's article contributes to organization studies by exploring the usefulness of a postmodern perspective for understanding the dynamics, and especially the frequent failure, of Total Quality Management and Business Process Re-engineering (BPR).