{"product_id":"readings-writings-semiotic-counter-strategies-paperback","title":"Readings \u0026 Writings: Semiotic Counter-Strategies - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Wollen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe films of Hitchcock, Welles and Godard; the aesthetics of photography and the technology of cinema; art and revolution in Russia and in Mexico; the avant-gardes in film and in painting--these are among the many topics of Peter Wollen's essays. Interwoven with fictional treatments of such themes as memory, dream, sexuality and writing, they compose a remarkable, perhaps unique, volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese \"readings and writings\" are informed by Marxism, semiotics, psychoanalysis, and the history of art itself. Their concern is with signification: with the ways in which meanings are produced in dominant art forms and with the counter-strategies by which these meanings may be questioned or dislodged, in the practice of politically and aesthetically radical alternatives. A concluding retrospect reviews the political, intellectual and aesthetic avant-garde currents of the fifteen years over which these texts were written, outlining some perspectives for oppositional art today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Wollen\u003c\/b\u003e was Chair of the Department of Film, Television and New Media at the University of California, Los Angeles. His other books include \u003ci\u003eParis\/Hollywood: Writings on Film\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eParis\/Manhattan: Writings on Art\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 228\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42129990156423,"sku":"9780860917557","price":28.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d3967f490b48470a24ce6d543a79b82c.webp?v=1732607402","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/readings-writings-semiotic-counter-strategies-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}