Week 4: Postmodern Appropriations
Section 1: Tuesday, Nov. 3, 5-8 pm

Taxidermia, Hungary, 2006, Dir.: György Pálfi
Presented by Steven Shaviro

Taxidermia  focuses on three generations of men from Hungary, beginning with a military orderly during the Second World War, moving on to an aspiring speed-eater during the Cold War, and concluding with a taxidermist during modern times. The film is surreal in nature, with elements of dark comedy and horror. (Source: Wikipedia). Some viewers may find the film's visceral sexuality and body horror offensive or difficult to watch.

Dr. Steven Shaviro is DeRoy Professor of English in the English Department at Wayne State University. His research interests include cultural theory, cultural studies, film and new media, postmodernism, science fiction, and process philosophy. His publications include The Cinematic Body (1993), Doom Patrols. A Theoretical Fiction about Postmodernism (1996), Connected, or What it Means to Life in the Network Society (2003),  and Without Criteria: Kant, Whitehead, Deleuze, and Aesthetics (2009). He maintains a blog called The Pinocchio Theory.