Dylan Trigg

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Who’s going to believe a talking head?

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Dylan Trigg University of Memphis

June 02, 2015
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Who’s going to believe a talking head? horror comedy body image Curator's Note The close rapport between horror and comedy seems to us evident from the beginning of life to the end. Lacan tells us that when an infant looks in the mirror and recognize ...

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Re: Who’s going to believe a talking head?

Identity & Body Parts

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Dylan Trigg University of Memphis

Tuesday, June 2, 2015 — 10:07 pm
Thanks for your comments, Michael and Dewey. Regarding your point, Michael, concerning the traces of self: it’s helpful to think of the classical problem of personal identity as expressed in the Ship of Theseus paradox. If a decaying ship has all of its p ...