American Paraliterature and Other Theories to Hijack Communication

von Blake Stricklin

120 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

American Paraliterature examines the generative encounters of post-1968 French theory with the postwar American avant-garde. The book begins with an account of the 1975 Schizo-Culture conference that was organized by Semiotext(e) editor Sylvère Lotringer at Columbia University. The conference was an attempt to directly connect the American avant-garde with French theory. At the event, John Cage shared the stage with Deleuze and Foucault introduced William S. Burroughs. This schizo-connection presents a way to read the experimental methods of the American avant-garde (Burroughs, Cage, and Kathy Acker), and how their writing creates a counterprogram to the power that Foucault and Deleuze started to articulate in the 1970s.

• Reihe: Anthem symploke Studies in Theory
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik
• ISBN: 9781785277221
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.03.2021
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Anthem Press