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Reproductions of Reproduction: Imaging Symbolic Change - Hardcover

Roof, Judith

 
9780415912426: Reproductions of Reproduction: Imaging Symbolic Change
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415912423 ISBN 13: 9780415912426
Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

Reproductions of Reproduction is about the loss of the paternal metaphor and how the ensuing scramble to relocate it has set off a series of representational crises. Examining the sudden popularity of such figures as cyborgs, bodybuilders, and vampires; shifts in legislation about abortion, paternity and copyright; the transition to a digital-based society; the emergence of lesbian and gay studies; the growing infatuation with hyper-realistic patterns in television, this book argues that each of these manifestations represents an attempt to resituate the paternal metaphor. While this shift affects our understandings of everything from narratives to law to time, it also suggests a point of potential political intervention, allowing us to identify the full implications of these changes.

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Judith Roof

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415912423
ISBN 13 
9780415912426
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
232