Craig Owens: "The Indignity of Speaking for Others" / Simon Watney -- pt. I. Toward a Theory of Postmodernism. Einstein on the Beach: The Primacy of Metaphor. Photography en abyme. Detachment: from the parergon. Earthwords. The Allegorical Impulse: Toward a Theory of Postmodernism. The Allegorical Impulse: Toward a Theory of. Postmodernism, Part 2. Representation, Appropriation, and Power. Sherrie Levine at A & M Artworks. Allan McCollum: Repetition and Difference. From Work to Frame, or, Is There Life After "The Death of the Author"? -- pt. II. Sexuality/Power. Honor, Power, and the Love of Women. William Wegman's Psychoanalytic Vaudeville. The Discourse of Others: Feminists and Postmodernism. The Medusa Effect, or, The Spectacular Ruse. Posing. Outlaws: Gay Men in Feminism -- pt. III. Cultures. Politics of Coppelia. Sects and Language. The Critic as Realist. "The Indignity of Speaking for Others": An Imaginary Interview. The Problem with Puerilism. Analysis Logical and Ideological. Improper Names. Interview with Craig Owens / Anders Stephanson. The Yen for Art. Global Issues -- pt. IV. Pedagogy. Postmodern Art 1971-1986. Bibliography: Contemporary Art and Art Criticism. Seminar in Theory and Criticism. Bibliography: The Political Economy of Culture. Visualizing AIDS. Course Bibliography on Visual AIDS.