by manifold external parameters,but also by
the author's own subject position.
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are constrained not only by manifold external parameters,but also by the author's own subject position. |
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This
position is constructed through the
author's personal intent, intellectual affinities, preconceptions as well as his/her awareness and sensitivity to facets of the representational category. |
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The
other two sections of this performance (text and intertext) explore this relationship between representation and subject position as a means to determine the validity of early academic representations of Tantra. |
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subject position is also a product of placement or orientation. That is, how an author positions him/herself with respect to the object of study, |
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The
critique of this relationship has a long and often times painful history
that goes back a least to Aristotle. Debates have raged on whether an
insider or outsider position was more responsible and efficacious.
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