Talk Talk Talk

<p>Before media before the Internet...there was talk itself. <em>Talk Talk Talk</em> is an incisive exhilarating collection of essays by some of the best thinkers -- and talkers -- of our time. These stellar contributors locate everyday chatter as the basis of a stunning range of artistic and cultural forms: from Antigone's speech-acts to Freud's talking cure; from seventeenth-century demon possession to the Marx Brothers' immigrant talk; literature theatre standup comedy ethnic talk technologized talk and much much more.<br>Contributors include: Homi Bhabha Judith Butler Stanley Cavell Marjorie Garber Sherry Turkle.</p>