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ARTISTS' RECOMMENDED READINGS: |
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MICHI ITAMI:
Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do, Tne Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in a Free Society by Peter McWilliams |
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JON YOUNG:
Bugs Nips the Nips, Warner Bros. 1944 (video) |
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DIYAN ACHJADI:
THE CULTURE OF THE COPY: Striking Likenesses, Unreasonable Facsimiles
by Hillel Schwarz |
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EUGENE THACKER:
WALTER KENDRICK'S , "THE SECRET MUSEUM"
For its various historical instances in modern culture where censorship, sexuality, and modern literature collide. |
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PREMA MURTHY:
JIM NAGEL'S, "WHORES AND OTHER FEMINISTS"
The sex industry through the eyes of self-identified feminist sex workers drawing from postmodern feminism, queer theory, libertarianism and sex radicalism. |
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ANGIE ENG:
UMBERTO ECO'S, "NAME OF THE ROSE"The power of the written word never goes underestimated and the dessemination of knowledge feared by the Authority remains one of the strongest political weapons. A classic read told through a murder story during the Holy Crusades. |
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NELSON WONG:
GARRETT HONGO'S "UNDER WESTERN EYES"Asian Americans addresses social and political issues and assess how assimilation, generational
differences, racism, language, family and stereotypes affect
their identities as Americans. |
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VIRGIL WONG:
HARRY WHITE'S, "ANATOMY OF CENSORSHIP"
Most lucid and well-reasoned arguments on censorship I've encountered in
my reading. An inspiration for satire on contemporary issues of who's
circumscribing information, how they're doing it and for what motivation.
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