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Representing Entertainment in Infinite Jest
Philip Sayers
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Philip Sayers
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maxillofacial
(en)
relating to the jaws and face
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kif
(en)
a substance, especially cannabis, smoked to produce a drowsy state (from Arabic)
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méconnaissance
(fr)
"misconstrue" or "misrecognize" in French; commonly used in the work of Lacan, French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist known for his work on the mirror stage
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Althusserian
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relating to French philosopher Louis Althusser, known for his work on Marxism and poststructuralism
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stolid
(en)
calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation
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analogical rhetoric
(en)
(e.g.,) using language of the other to speak of oneself
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MacGuffin
(en)
an object or device in a movie or a book that serves merely as a trigger for the plot; popularised as a term by Alfred Hitchcock
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