I’ll create a post with a list of books on teaching, and related books I am getting rid of. Truly, I do not know how I got some of my books, but on the theory of getting rid of any book I can handle getting rid of, I am deciding that one category that must … More Books on teaching: Fiskdal
I will put it on my iPad shopping list. I need books, but I have no more space, and I am tired of the ILL bureaucracy and of writing grants so we can buy books. I am tired of my Amazon wishlist, it seems so early 21st century and we are coming into the second … More Capital Fictions
These topics are not unrelated since Latvia and the Baltics had such a strong modernist movement. I want to go on Latvian and Russian immersion in Riga, and then start studying Baltic modernism. I am not joking. I could study law as well, and write interesting columns for the international press. There are films and … More Latvia and César Moro
(Yes, this is a rehash of earlier abstracts but the thing is that all the things I promised to develop in the said abstracts, did not get developed.) Undermining the nation? Displacement and dystopia in 19th century Latin American narrative Fractured families and dystopian romance in 19th century Latin American narrative Fictional foundations: anti-national non-romance … More Cecilia Valdés [need title]
Films for undergraduate gen-ed courses: Even the rain (again), El espinazo del diablo (again), La lengua de las mariposas (even though I used to think this was hokey), and we will see what else. My friend says Alex de la Iglesia, El bar and El crimen ferpecto, and I say perhaps Roma although I am … More Et encore
I am not a Christian but I am about to use a Christian talisman for work, namely Paul’s words to Timothy: G-d does not give the spirit of fear, but of power, love, and sound mind. (Those words were written long ago but notice how little people have changed.) I am terrified of this project … More Things involving Ferreira da Silva
Why do people publish in Peter Lang, nowadays? It used not to be for any good reason. But I keep seeing people do it — with books I think could be published in non-vanity venues. Is something happening? Axé.
I really should have spent all the time I wasted reading Marxist and other Left theory, simply for the sake of mental health — although it would have been good intellectual exercise as well, and a good political education. Here’s an article on Kropotkin, mutual aid and anarchism that is worth reading. Here is a … More Kropotkin and more.
On the commercialization of higher education. Kezar says the three books she reviews offer oversimplified solutions to the commercialization problem. She says commercialization must be studied from a systems and cultural perspective. 1. What is the public good, and how is commercialization threatening it? None of the authors say a great deal about the notion … More Adrianna Kezar
Here is another photocopy I have had for years and should really clear out, but that seems important. It’s Matthias Rohrig Assuncão “Elite Politics and Popular Rebellion in the Construction of Post-colonial Order. The Case of Maranhão, Brazil (1820-1841),” Journal of Latin American Studies 31 (1999): 3-38. (It’s beautifully written and really well informed, and … More On Brazil
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