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Zusatztext 'Self/Image... generat[es] an ethically responsible space that continues opening gaps for the emergence of differing subjectivities and bodies as well as their recognition.' - Ignaz Cassar! "The Self! the Slash! the Image"! in Photography & Culture Informationen zum Autor Amelia Jones is Professor and Pilkington Chair in the History of Art, University of Manchester. She is the author of three books, including Body Art/ Performing the Subject (1998), and editor of four books, including Performing the Body/Performing the Text (1999), The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader (2003), and A Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945 (2006). Klappentext Including over 100 illustrations from mainstream film to independent film, video art, performance and the visual arts, this important and original book is the first to exclusively explore how technology has affected artist's abilities and forms to express themselves. Zusammenfassung Including over 100 illustrations from mainstream film to independent film, video art, performance and the visual arts, this important and original book is the first to exclusively explorehow technology has affected artist's abilities and forms to express themselves. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Body and/in Representation: Hoc Est Corpus Meum Redux 2. "Beneath this Mask Another Mask": "No Movies"…. (No) Bodies, (No) Cities 3. (Post)Urban Self Image: "Your Greatest Creation is the Life You Lead" 4. Cinematic Self Imaging and the Televisual Body: "Happiness is Over-Rated" 5.The Body is Not Obsolete: "Desire and Action, Digital Era" 6. The Televisual Architecture of the Dream Body. Epilogue: Flanagan’s Corpse and the Limits of Representation
