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palimpsest (păl`ĭmpsĕst'): see manuscript manuscript, a handwritten work as distinguished from printing. The oldest manuscripts, those found in Egyptian tombs, were written on papyrus ; the earliest dates from c.3500 B.C. ..... Click the link for more information. . palimpsest [pə′lim·səst] (geology) Referring to a kind of drainage in which a modern, anomalous drainage pattern is superimposed upon an older one, clearly indicating different topographic and possibly structural conditions at the time of development. In sedimentology, autochthonous sediment deposits which exhibit some of the attributes of the source sediment. (petrology) Of a metamorphic rock, having remnants of the original structure or texture preserved. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I am grateful for Jonathan Goldberg's early treatment of palimpsestic sexual competition between and among the sexes; see "Romeo and Juliet's Open Rs," his prescient essay on the topos of triangulation and homosocial/ homosexual desire in the play that contests well-rehearsed heterocentric critical readings. Indeed, Gatten's palimpsestic films showcase an array of cinematic processes that constitute a parallel (if idiosyncratic and incomplete) survey of the medium's history, tracing some of its technical developments and placing them within a larger movement from text to image. A sense of discontinuous history and cultural hybridization produced by a palimpsestic journey of imperialism, cultural imposition, diasporic movement, and assimilation obliges writers to work within a heterogeneous overlapping of cultures with their attendant myths, religious and ethical philosophies, aesthetic ideologies, narrative forms, political systems, and economic modes. |
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