Claire Kramsch
23/08/2013
Axé.
Month: August 2013
Come, mister tally-man, tally me banana
22/08/2013
Six-hand, seven-hand, eight-hand bunch! I have harvested bananas from my trees this afternoon, Cuban bananas in proliferation, in six-hand, seven-hand, and eight-hand bunches. This is literally true. Figuratively now, come mister tally-man, tally me banana. We have to reform our syllabi at this late date due to late directives from the dean, and I will … More Come, mister tally-man, tally me banana
Things one really should do in summer
21/08/2013
After spending the rest of it at the beach. Axé.
LASA 2014
20/08/2013
I need an abstract and a title. I may do something about Latin American and Latin Americanists’ exceptionalism on the issue of race. Research advances slowly because everybody is stuck in some eddy fighting it out over who is more and who is less “racist,” or exactly how dark one has to be to be considered … More LASA 2014
Albert Murray
20/08/2013
“The United States is not a nation of black and white people,” Mr. Murray wrote. “Any fool can see that white people are not really white, and that black people are not black.” America, he maintained, “even in its most rigidly segregated precincts,” was a “nation of multicolored people,” or Omni-Americans: “part Yankee, part backwoodsman … More Albert Murray
Why I am not a liberal, reason #99
20/08/2013
But slowly I realized what the academy really is–v. what it claims to be such that I had mistakenly thought it was a less racist and sexist career path: a neoliberal corporation looking for the most docile workers (i.e. not ‘abrasive’, selfishly careerist, invested in benefiting from structural inequality and reproducing it–often unconsciously, for reasons … More Why I am not a liberal, reason #99
Transcendental Poesis
19/08/2013
I am on hiatus from my paper since I have a full draft and it is sitting. I also have other dull tasks to accomplish this week, so I am not allowing myself to start on my other paper. But in preparation for further work on both, I am working on Denise Ferreira da Silva. … More Transcendental Poesis
[Your face before dawn]
19/08/2013
In solidarity with my new writing student I should assign myself reworking of my most recently abandoned novel manuscript. These are the first and last sections. 1. Heaven How many roads lead to Heaven? If you trip on the bridge, do you fall? Had some event marked Una, did a single moment fix her to … More [Your face before dawn]
Notes on the “Western” subject
19/08/2013
The people raised in Christianity and to some extent the other religions of that Book have a psychology to which I do not relate. I do not understand it but it involves in part an exaggerated respect for, or or on the other hand scorn of authorities, instructions, and rules. This, I suppose, is patriarchal. … More Notes on the “Western” subject
On professionalization
17/08/2013
I have said it before but it bears emphasizing: when I write my academic advice book, if I ever do, it will not take as its point of departure the idea that the reader lacks discipline or does not know how to work. My book will not be a self-improvement book. It will be about … More On professionalization
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