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Judith Butler
Groundbreaking philosopher and gender theorist known for her work on performativity.
Writing that references this work:
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Cindy Sherman’s Deepfake Ghost: Performing Identity
Cindy Sherman’s staged photographs expose identity as a constructed performance, a condition intensified by social media, filters and deepfakes.
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A Postmodern Defense of Street Photography Against Susan Sontag’s Moralism
Sontag diagnosed postmodern image culture, then judged it with a modernist moral vocabulary. A committed postmodernist defends street photography through situated responsibility, not innocence.
