Shopping at the Hypermarket: Jeff Derksen's Transnational Muscle Cars

Abstract: 

Derksen utilizes “The New Sentence” to parody the experience of moving through the marketplace of signs and commoditized information. His poetry presents personal identity as a critical space for mediating the discourses of capitalism.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Drew
Last Name: 
McDowell
Institution: 
University of Calgary