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Becoming Undone • Elizabeth Grosz
In Becoming Undone, Elizabeth Grosz addresses three related concepts-life, politics, and art-by-exploring the implications of Charles Darwin's account of the evolution of species.
The Queer Art of Failure • Judith Halberstam
"The Queer Art of Failure is inspired, provocative, and hilarious. More significantly, it is a deft evisceration of the regulative rigidities of disciplinarity and the pretensions of 'high theory.'" — Lisa Duggan, author of The Twilight of Equality? Neoliberalism, Cultural Politics, and the Attack on Democracy
The One and the Many • Grant H. Kester
Grant H. Kester provides an overview of the broader continuum of collaborative art, ranging from the work of artists and groups widely celebrated in the mainstream art world to the less-publicized projects of groups.