Manifestoes

Provocations of the Modern

Janet Lyon

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English

Cornell University Press
27 April 1999

Philosophy of language; Literary studies: general; Political manifestos

Since the 17th century, manifestoes have defined the aims of radical groups, individuals and parties while galvanizing revolutionary movements. The author of this volume shows that the manifesto is both a signal genre of political modernity and one of the defining forms of aesthetic modernism. Ranging from the pamphlet wars of 17th-century England to dyke and ACT-UP manifestoes of the 1990s, her text offers an extended treatment of this influential form of discourse. Lyon demonstrates that the manifesto, usually perceived as the very model of rhetoric transparency, is in fact a complex, ideologically inflected genre - one that has helped to shape modern consciousness. Lyon explores the development of the genre during periods of profound historical crisis. The French Revolution generated broadsides that became templates for the texts of Chartism, the Commune and late-19th-century anarchism, while in the 20th century, the historical avant-garde embraced a revolutionary discourse that sought in the manifesto's polarizing polemics a means for disaggregating and publicizing radical artistic movements. More recently, she argues, in the manifestoes of the 1960s, the wretched of the earth called for either the full realization of the final rejection of the idea of the universal subject, paving the way for contemporary contestations of identity among second- and third-wave feminists and queer activists.

By: Janet Lyon
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 907g
ISBN: 9780801436352
ISBN 10: 0801436354
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 27 April 1999
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Janet Lyon is Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies and Co-director of the Disability Studies Program at Pennsylvania State University.

Reviews for Manifestoes: Provocations of the Modern

This book is suggestive in its argument and expansive in its topics... Recommended for all readers who are interested in the history of political modernism. * Virginia Quarterly Review * This book provides compelling histories and analysis for scholars of media and social movements to mine for inspiration. * Journal of Communication * Brilliantly nuanced and historically rich... Janet Lyon's acute weaving of modernist history, manifestic dissent, avant-garde aesthetics, and feminist struggle is gracefully learned, supple, and exciting. We are left with an entirely fresh sense of the extent to which the public spheres of modernity permitted their linguistic and political freedoms. * Yearbook of English Studies * Lyon offers an innovative, far-ranging study... A complex, lucid, and nuanced study of the manifesto as the signature genre of aesthetic and political militancy, this volume will be indispensible to all college and university collections. * Choice *