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Acknowledgments An earlyversion of part of “Death’s Murmur” appeared in Essays in Sound, no. 4 (1999); the other part was published in Women & Performance, no. 21 (1999), as "Pierrot contra Derrida. A short version of "Erotic Nostalgia and the Inscription of Desire ” was also published by Essays in Sound, no. 2 (1995); the complete text appeared in Experimental Sound and Radio, edited by Allen S. Weiss (Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 2001). "Libidinous Mannerisms and Profligate Abominations" was part of 100 Years of Cruelty: Essays on Artaud, edited by Edward Scheer (Sydney, Power Publications and Artspace, 2000.) "Purity of Essence" and "Narcissistic Machines and Erotic Prostheses" are previously unpublished, though the opening section of the latter appeared in Sulfur, no. 33(1993), as "The Theater of Possession." / XV This page intentionally left blank [18.189.2.122] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 09:19 GMT) This page intentionally left blank ...

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