tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post9002639261194193256..comments2024-02-08T05:04:18.484-08:00Comments on J'S THEATER: Delirious Hem: Dim Sum + WaPo Trashes WomenJohn Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-61711772870484156862008-03-09T22:20:00.000-07:002008-03-09T22:20:00.000-07:00Asher, v. good point, but I'd say that Evie and To...Asher, v. good point, but I'd say that Evie and Tonya are factoring the reverse of the Evie's equation, so that the racial issue isn't written out; the equivalence is intersectional, I think. Does that make sense? Interesting point about Atwood and thanks for the tip about Razack's new book!John Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11122973.post-2811558914930837932008-03-05T09:55:00.000-08:002008-03-05T09:55:00.000-08:00hey john,"An important point related to the forego...hey john,<BR/><BR/>"An important point related to the foregoing is how critical it is for us to recognize that sexism is racism, at times, without losing the specificity of either category in our analyses."<BR/><BR/>This formulation can easily be reversed to 'racism is sexism, at times, without losing the specificity of either category in our analysis.' Here's a common narrative: Muslim (Asian) men are hypersexualized, while Muslim women are victimized, so the white subject can save the Muslim. (Sharene Razack has a new book out that develops this theme mentioned above). <BR/><BR/>The reason why I mention this is not because I have any aversion to feminist politics. I am more interested in foregrounding 'race' and sexuality because they have been marginalized in social theory and in poetics (particularily, experimental) aesthetics. <BR/> <BR/>I also think about the ways that feminist writers do not think about their own 'race' (or absence of 'race') in their poetics. It is highly disturbing to me when I see one writer (experimental feminist writer), for example, uses Atwood as an example of nuanced feminism. Bannerji argues that Atwood propogates a white settler heritage myth in much of her fiction. The figure of the schizophrenic white subject who is 'coming to terms' with his lack of national identity in a context that simultaneously erases the presence of 'others' in its quest for 'place.' A reoccuring trope in Can-lit. <BR/><BR/>So yes, how to be self reflexive in ones aesthetics, for sure, but how to also be aware that 'race' is continually marginalized and feminism is often used as a means to colonize other countries. <BR/><BR/><BR/>asherJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848051487247507286noreply@blogger.com