Derridada: Duchamp as Readymade Deconstruction

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Jacques Derrida said that deconstruction 'takes place everywhere.' Derridada reexamines the work of artist Marcel Duchamp as one of these places. Tucker suggests that Duchamp belongs to deconstruction as much as deconstruction belongs to Duchamp. Both bear the infra-thin mark of the other. He explores these marks through the themes of time and diffZrance, language and the readymade, and the construction of self-identity through art. This book will be of interest to students and scholars interested in Modernism and the avant-garde. It will be useful for undergraduate students of art history, modernism, and critical theory, as well as for graduate students of philosophy, visual culture studies, and art theory. Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Table of Contents Chapter One: A Time for Deconstruction Chapter Two: Ashes to Dust, Dust to Ashes Chapter Three: Indifférance Chapter Four: Personas Notes Bibliography Index