{"product_id":"material-noise-reading-theory-as-artists-book-the-mit-press-9780262042925","title":"Material Noise Reading Theory as Artists Book The","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn argument that theoretical works can signify through their materiality—their “noise,” or such nonsemantic elements as typography—as well as their semantic content.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMaterial Noise\u003c\/i\u003e, Anne Royston argues that theoretical works signify through their materiality—such nonsemantic elements as typography or color—as well as their semantic content. Examining works by Jacques Derrida, Avital Ronell, Georges Bataille, and other well-known theorists, Royston considers their materiality and design—which she terms “noise”—as integral to their meaning. In other words, she reads these theoretical works as complex assemblages, just as she would read an artist's book in all its idiosyncratic tangibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoyston explores the formlessness and heterogeneity of the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia Da Costa\u003c\/i\u003e, which published works by Bataille, André Breton, and others; the use of layout and white space in Derrida's Glas; the typogr\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIT Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733451518295,"sku":"9780262042925","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/material-noise-reading-theory-as-artists-book-the-mit-press-9780262042925","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}