Prosthetic Gods (October Books)

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How to imagine not only a new art or architecture but a new self or subject equal to them? In Prosthetic Gods, Hal Foster explores this question through the works and writings of such key modernists as Gauguin and Picasso, F. T. Marinetti and Wyndham Lewis, Adolf Loos and Max Ernst. These diverse figures were all fascinated by fictions of origin, either primordial and tribal or futuristic and technological. In this way, Foster argues, two forms came to dominate modernist art above all others: the primitive and the machine.

Foster begins with the primitivist fantasies of Gauguin and Picasso, which he examines through the Freudian lens of the primal scene. He then turns to the purist obsessions of the Viennese architect Loos, who abhorred all things primitive. Next Foster considers the technophilic subjects propounded by the futurist Marinetti and the vorticist Lewis. These "new egos" are further contrasted with the "bachelor machines" proposed by the dadaist Ernst. Foster also explores extrapolations from the art of the mentally ill in the aesthetic models of Ernst, Paul Klee, and Jean Dubuffet, as well as manipulations of the female body in the surrealist photography of Brassai, Man Ray, and Hans Bellmer. Finally, he examines the impulse to dissolve the conventions of art altogether in the drip paintings of Jackson Pollock, the scatter pieces of Robert Morris, and the earthworks of Robert Smithson, and traces the evocation of lost objects of desire in sculptural work from Marcel Duchamp and Alberto Giacometti to Robert Gober.

Although its title is drawn from Freud, Prosthetic Gods does not impose psychoanalytic theory on modernist art; rather, it sets the two into critical relation and scans the greater historical field that they share.

Prosthetic Gods: Travel, Representation and Colonial Governance (Uqp Australian Studies)

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Prosthetic Gods: Travel, Representation and Colonial Governance (Uqp Australian Studies)
Robert Dixon
Manufacturer: Univ of Queensland Pr
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Prosthetic Gods.(Book review): An article from: The Art Bulletin

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Prosthetic Gods.(Book review): An article from: The Art Bulletin
Harry Cooper
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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ASIN: B000FO46W4
Release Date: 2006-05-11

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Title: Prosthetic Gods.(Book review)
Author: Harry Cooper
Publication: The Art Bulletin (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2006
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Volume: 88 Issue: 1 Page: 194(4)

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Prosthetic Gods: Travel, Representation and Colonial Governance.(Book Review): An article from: Australian Literary Studies

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Prosthetic Gods: Travel, Representation and Colonial Governance.(Book Review): An article from: Australian Literary Studies
Lindsay Barrett
Manufacturer: University of Queensland Press
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This digital document is an article from Australian Literary Studies, published by University of Queensland Press on May 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1290 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Prosthetic Gods: Travel, Representation and Colonial Governance.(Book Review)
Author: Lindsay Barrett
Publication: Australian Literary Studies (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2004
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Volume: 21 Issue: 3 Page: 396(3)

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Prosthetic Gods: Travel, Representation, and Colonial Governance. (JAS Review of Books). (book review): An article from: Journal of Australian Studies

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Prosthetic Gods: Travel, Representation, and Colonial Governance. (JAS Review of Books). (book review): An article from: Journal of Australian Studies
Ron Blaber
Manufacturer: University of Queensland Press
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ASIN: B0008INI2G
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Australian Studies, published by University of Queensland Press on December 1, 2001. The length of the article is 807 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Prosthetic Gods: Travel, Representation, and Colonial Governance. (JAS Review of Books). (book review)
Author: Ron Blaber
Publication: Journal of Australian Studies (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2001
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
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Prosthetic Gods
Hal Foster
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Prosthetic Gods (October Books)
Hal Foster
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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FUTURAMA ROCKS.......2006-03-17

The calendar is great. The delivery was quicker then I expected. Great job Amazon!!!!!!!

Awsome, so good I had it sent to Australia for myself.......2006-02-28

Just like I say in the title for the review, so good that i had it sent overseas to get it.

Has all the months plus a few extra pics and stuff. 5/5

Great cubicle art.......2006-02-24

It's nice to see new quality Futurama artwork. Coworkers stop by to discuss their appreciation for Futurama and other cartoons they've seen on Adult Swim (most missed the show when Fox aired it intermittently on Sunday evenings).

A calendar is a calendar. For that matter, my watch, cell phone and computers can tell me what day it is. This calendar, however, makes me smile.

Futurama 06 calendar.......2006-02-22

good good, I can slowly count the days until the show comes back

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Barbara Holland, the urban Mark Twain

Delicious!

Wonderful wonderful!

Endangered Pleasures: In Dfense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity, and Other Indulgences

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Endangered Pleasures: In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity, and Other Indulgences (Endangered Pleasures)
Barbara Holland
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First cigars and gin topped the list. Then red meat, Cadillacs, coffee with caffeine, and sleeping late all began to edge toward extinction. Barbara Holland makes an impassioned defense of life's little pleasures in a book that will entertain diehard sinners, comfort the secretly licentious, and encourage those who just need a little nudge to abandon jogging and no-fat salad dressing.

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First cigars and gin topped the list. Then red meat, Cadillacs, coffeewith caffeine, and sleeping late all began to edge toward extinction. Barbara Holland makes an impassioned defense of life's little pleasures ina book that will entertain diehard sinners, comfort the secretly licentious, andencourage those who just need a little nudge to abandon jogging and no-fat saladdressing.

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Barbara Holland, the urban Mark Twain.......2007-06-27

All of Barbara Holland's books are great and this is just another one of the best.

Delicious!.......2007-03-23

The subtitle reads, "In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity, and Other Indulgences." The Washington Post said it's, "so pleasingly subversive that the reader falls into a reverie of his own remembered pleasures." The chapters have titles like, "Naps," "Speed," "Bad Words," "Whistling," "Bare Feet," and "Gardening." They are every bit as wonderful as they sound.

The crux of this read is that rest and relaxation with friends and family are infintely more rewarding (and important) than a job performance review. This is my favorite gift for workaholics and makes perfect vacation reading.

Highly recommended.

Wonderful wonderful!.......2007-03-22

I even sent this book to my friend who has stopped smoking and drinking - so it's not just a book about only the real decadent things in life - it's about rejoicing in all the pleasures!
A great read that makes you feel like life is worth living!!

Endangered Pleasures: In Dfense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity, and Other Indulgences.......2007-01-05

This is one of Barbara Holland's best. Read this and you will feel free to cancel all your New Year's resolutions!

A talent for recording perceptions.......2007-01-02

ENDANGERED PLEASURES is perhaps mistitled as it's not credible to think any of the 67 things and activities listed, from the morning paper to cigarettes to bare feet to weekends to gambling to winter to babies, are actually in peril of extinction. "Unappreciated" might be more a apropos term instead of "endangered". The book's subtitle says it all more succinctly: IN DEFENSE OF NAPS, BACON, MARTINIS, PROFANITY AND OTHER INDULGENCES.

Author/essayist Barbara Holland has a remarkable talent for perceiving the small details of life and living. Or rather, a talent for remembering what she perceives and subsequently bringing it to the attention of the lumpish rest of us. For instance, on the "being there" phase of travel:

"The hee-haw of the ambulance in the foreign streets sings with a pure and alien glamour, quite unrelated to the irritating scream of emergency vehicles back home." Now, I've noticed that on my own overseas walk-abouts, but would never think it worth mentioning to the folks back home.

And, on a more sobering note, regarding the psychology of crowds:

"Face to face with, say, Adolph Hitler at a table for two, we would have jeered at his passions, protested, flounced out in a snit. In a crowd of thousands, all cheering and brandishing fists, we might have stood in the path of the electric current, felt the blood of common cause rise joyfully in our throats, and cheered too ... Deep inside each of us lurks a chained lemming, struggling to break free, and we need to keep an eye on it."

I admire Holland's talent for social commentary. She reminds me of Andy Rooney, but without the crankiness. Rooney might like to think he's a national treasure; Barbara truly is.

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In this study, the first to consider Luchino Visconti's entire oeuvre, Henry Bacon examines the films of one of Italy's preeminent filmmakers against the cultural, historical, and biographical contexts in which they were made. Through analysis of his achievements, Visconti also emerges as a twentieth century inheritor and renewer of the nineteenth-century narrative tradition, especially that of the novel and the opera.

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The Ultimate Visconti.......1998-12-24

Henry Bacon has proven himself a brilliant researcher and author by writing the finest, and truest account of the master of film Luchino Visconti. Bacon's book is a highly detailed, fact filled documentary of the director's vision as it relates to his spectacular career. The book is the ultimate guide to anyone studying film or researching Visconti. Bacon has properly and intelligently put into context Visconti's aristocratic background in relation to his developing career, he has included every single film, and planned project including those that have been lost, and goes in-depth to discuss Visconti's frame of mind, project by project, and how his entire brillant career developed. Bacon has a clear intellectual knowledge of the true Visconti and has the facts to back up his claims. The work is in itself a masterpiece of film research. It is truly the finest biographical documentary of Visconti to date.

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This is a great book for flea-market enthusiasts and bargain hunters who, with some creativity and the techniques clearly outlined within, can transform even the homeliest of garage-sale finds into colorful, lively, and whimsical additions to the home and turn old hand-me-downs into delightful treasures. In all, 25 projects are described in detail. No-sew slip covers, frosted-glass doors, distressed-paint dressers, punched-tin screens, stenciled wicker chairs, and decorative fabric hangings and draperies are only some of the funky, colorful, and fun projects laid out here. Wagstaff notes all the tools and materials needed, as well as many shortcuts and simple ways to transform lackluster furniture into the eye-catching highlights of any room--without spending a bundle in the process. This is a great book for beginners and people working on a budget who desire dramatic, creative, and professional-looking results. The book even has a vinyl, wipe-clean binding that makes it practical to keep handy in the work area! --Mark A. Hetts

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Transform flea market finds and hand-me-downs into stylish one-of-a-kind furniture! From the author of the best-selling Paint Recipes comes Furniture Facelifts, a fabulous new way to bring color and zest to any home. Here an artist's techniques, tips, and secrets are presented step by step, so anyone can perform a magical furniture makeover. Furniture Facelifts covers more than 30 techniques for paint, fabric, wood, metal, and glass. Twenty-five fun and funky detailed projects cover all the essentials—tables, chairs, ottomans, nightstands, shelves, cabinets, and more—and offer easy instructions. A recipe-style format, inspiring pictures, and wipe-clean cover make this a truly practical sourcebook. The latest in the very successful Paint Recipes series, Furniture Facelifts is the ticket to creating works of beauty and utility without spending tons of time or money.

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Disappointing.......2007-01-25

Amateur, cheap looking finishes. I was looking help with finishes that look like they came from Habersham or other great furniture makers.

this is one of the handiest books i own........2004-08-06

This book is not for the person who wants to do huge amounts of serious woodworking, and you need to come to it with an imagination. What it does is effectively tell you how to do a hundred or so styles and techniques. You can't replicate everything that's in here, but it's simply incredible to go through when you have a beat up old piece of furniture, and are open to thoughtful, imaginative refinishing.

HORRIBLE BOOK.......2001-12-02

I bought this, and both my wife and I went through it, and we both agreed that it was a worthless book. I can't believe it was ever published. I have returned it and will never buy another book by this author. Sorry to be so negative, but this book truly is worthless.

plenty of specific info for DIY types.......2000-10-25

This is preciesly the book I was looking for! Has copious details about re-finishing all kinds of furniture surfaces, from bare wood to laminate to steel, plus how to get a wide variety of effects. This book has a higher level of detail than many other faux finishes books (which often skip over how to prep the surface or how to deal w/any surface other than bare wood).

This book is a MUST............2000-10-17

I stumbled upon this gem of a book while on a recent day trip to Northampton, MA. Since its discovery I cannot put it down and have begun some of the projects in it. This book is a packed full of helpful ideas and the book's standout feature is that step-by-step guides serve to help the novice in creating a replica of the pictures that exist in the book. Wagstaff & Thurgood's book is softcovered vinyl. Should paint get on it it is easily wiped clean. For certain, I will be purchasing 2-3 copies for friends and relatives as Christmas presents!!!

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Absolutely the worst Real Estate investment book published

fun read

An Autobiography Disguised as an Investment book

The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks: Acquire Your Real Estate Fortune Today

Insiders Guide to 52 homes in 52 weeks

The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks: Acquire Your Real Estate Fortune Today
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A real estate guide unlike any other, The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks is the true story of a seemingly impossible investing challenge and the two investors who pulled it off—all to prove that you can do it too.

Successful real estate investors Dolf de Roos and Gene Burns wanted to show skeptical investors that there are always great deals to be found. So they set out to buy fifty-two homes in just one year. Not only did they succeed, they did it in less than ten months and earned a lot of money in the process! Tracing this ten-month real estate adventure in depth and detail, The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks explains the authors' strategies and techniques for acquiring almost any property in any market. Inside, you'll find step-by-step guidance on:

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A guide to buying multiple properties in any market To counter suggestions that great deals are the exception and not the rule, Dolf and Gene challenged themselves to buy one home every week for an entire year. Not only did they succeed, they did it in less than 10 months and did it profitably. What was the point? Simply that there are always good real estate investments out there, even in today's overheated market. 52 Homes in 52 Weeks proves it. Using a variety of acquisition and financing techniques documented in the book every step of the way de Roos and Burns present a mix of strategies every good investor should be ready to utilize. Experienced investors will discover new techniques, and novices will be armed with strategies to acquire almost any property in any market. Plus, first-hand accounts of real deals offer great example material. Combining unbeatable real estate insight with the unique format of a challenge to be met, 52 Homes in 52 Weeks shows investors how they can use multiple strategies in virtually any market to achieve the same goal making money on every deal. Published and promoted in alliance with the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the largest Realtor association in the world, this handy guide promises to be a hit with Realtors and investors at every level of experience. Dolf de Roos, PhD. (Phoenix, AZ) is the Chairman of Property Ventures Limited, a successful real estate investor, a popular speaker and seminar leader, and a bestselling author. His other books include Real Estate Riches (0-471-71180-2), The Insider's Guide to Real Estate Investing Loopholes (0-471-71179-9), and The Insider's Guide to Making Money in Real Estate (0-471-71177-2), all from Wiley. Gene Burns (Las Vegas, NV) spent 20 years in high-tech magazine publishing, but went into real estate after the dot.com crash. Within his first 6 months he had completed 12 deals and has never looked back.

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Absolutely the worst Real Estate investment book published.......2007-07-13

Having earned my livihood from real estate investments for the last 6 years, I am always in the market for books that may provide a new idea. This book doesn't. It is nothing more than an infomercial for van Roos' seminars and private tutoring. The methods are straight out of Aesop's fairey tales. Burns, the student, is ridiculous. Do not waste your money on this most bogus and worthless product. The real world doesn't operate this way.

fun read.......2007-03-09

Fun but not much substance. Got lucky the real estate market didn't turn on them or they would have been up the creek.

An Autobiography Disguised as an Investment book.......2006-11-11

If I wanted to read an egotistical self-congratulatory book, I'd pick up an autobiography. If you want to learn about real estate investment, this is not the book for you. I was very disappointed.

The Insider's Guide to 52 Homes in 52 Weeks: Acquire Your Real Estate Fortune Today .......2006-09-12

Not worth the time nor money. This book promotes the idea of buying real estate through WE BUY HOUSES signs and through ads in newspapers. Ideal for groups of investors who have plenty of time, capital and OPM to invest around the country.

Insiders Guide to 52 homes in 52 weeks.......2006-06-12

VERY basic stuff. Entertaining read, but not super practicle. Not one of Dolf's better books.

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