{"title":"Rey Chow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRey Chow\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a compelling exploration into contemporary arts and culture, blending critical theory with nuanced cultural analysis. Her works invite readers to engage with the intersections of identity, representation, and visuality, challenging conventional perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough thoughtful critique and innovative insights, Chow's writing illuminates the complexities of cultural expression in a globalised world. Expect texts that are both intellectually rigorous and richly evocative, perfect for readers interested in cultural studies and modern artistic discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-face-drawn-in-sand-by-rey-chow-9780231188371","title":"A Face Drawn in Sand","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeadership, innovation, diversity, inclusiveness, sharing, accountability—such is the resounding administrative refrain we keep hearing in the contemporary Western university. What kinds of benefits does this refrain generate? For whom? What discursive incitements undergird such benefits?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough there are innumerable discussions of Michel Foucault in the English-speaking academy, seldom is his work used systematically to unravel the dead ends and potentialities of humanistic inquiry as embedded in these simple but dynamic questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Face Drawn in Sand\u003c\/em\u003e by Rey Chow takes up this challenge by articulating the plight of the humanities in the age of global finance and neoliberal mores through a resharpened focus on Foucault's concept \"outside.\" This general discussion is followed by a series of micro-arguments about several loosely linked topics: the biopolitics of literary study, visibilities and invisibilities, race and racism, sound\/voice\/listening, and confession and self-entrepreneurship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst what she polemicizes as the moralistic-entrepreneurial norming of knowledge production, Chow foregrounds a nonutilitarian approach, stressing anew the intellectual and pedagogical objectives fundamental to humanistic inquiry: How to process, analyse, and evaluate different types of texts across languages and disciplines; how to form and sustain viable arguments; how to rethink familiar problems through less known as well as very well-known sources, figures, and methods. Above all, she asks in an abidingly humanistic spirit, how not to know all the answers before the questions have been posed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47429702942956,"sku":"9780231188371","price":51.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780231188371.jpg?v=1774560028"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/rey-chow.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}