{"product_id":"9781551521121","title":"Sign After the X _______","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"X\" is one of the most provocative representations in contemporary culture: a symbol of capital, power, waste, and illicit desire. Based on the connection between language and lack, Sign after the X ______ investigates the letter \"X\" that is used in our culture as part of a complex sign system that encompasses the evolution of language back to its mythic origins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluding many of her drawings, Marina Roy uses narrative—and the book conventions of the dedication, preface, introduction, postscript, errata, and index—to form a compendium of X words that is part philosophical treatise on the foundations of image and text, part illustration, part math lesson, and part language primer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the author, the combination of text and image arises from a desire to make words \"flesh\" as it were, a desire to treat text as a thing that, in its visual impact, and in its arbitrary association with everyday objects, creates new meaning, leading to revelations about \"how myth is constructed in our culture.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeguiling in its ambitions, \u003ci\u003eSign after the X ______ \u003c\/i\u003e is a subjective, subversive dictionary of modern culture that forces readers to see the world in a new light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An original and a joy to read. . . . \u003ci\u003eSign after the X ______ \u003c\/i\u003e is a buffet, a collage. . . .\"— \u003ci\u003eGlobe \u0026amp; Mail\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Delightful in conception. . . . This is meaty, interesting stuff, and its eclecticism is lovely.\"—Georgia Straight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Clever, insidious.\"—PopMatters.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMarina Roy \u003c\/b\u003e is an artist whose practice includes sculpture, printmaking, painting, photography, and bookworks. She teaches fine arts at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arsenal Pulp Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300893704432,"sku":"9781551521121","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781551521121_p0.jpg?v=1763756963","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781551521121","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}