Here we have an interesting blog and post. It is on Mexico’s Benjamin, and as we know I am trying to understand Benjamin more systematically and even to use texts of his in my history and culture classes that I did not understand, or did not think I understood, before. #Occupy HE. Axé.
I made decisions about two courses and now I am honing in on the third. I want, eventually, to drop the textbook but I will merely work toward that. Here is some boilerplate for the course description that I have lifted from someone else. This course provides an introduction to Hispanic literature and to the … More Courses Spring 2013
Vallejo’s 1931 interview has been translated. Part of Hart’s biography is visible as a Google Book. I need an excuse to go to Paris. Axé.
Saturday: “Our university is an insular place, and it gets moreso each year.” (Tenured faculty, sciences) Friday: “That place where we work has very little to do with anything academic.” (Instructor, humanities) There also appears to be discrimination in the are of green cards: the University pays the cost for engineers, but not for others. … More Comentarios de la semana
In response to the hypocrisy of the First Republic’s sustained imperial position during the Ten Years’ War, José Martí satirized the logic of the integrity argument. Quite simply, the claim of national integrity was “ridiculous” for a territory divided by the Atlantic Ocean. Less absurd, but equally dangerous for Cuba in Martí’s survey of Spanish … More State, nation, patria
When he left Cuba in 1849, he sailed from Havana to Apalachicola. Reynaldo Arenas published a parody of Cecilia Valdés. Axé.
These notes are or could be key for this paper but I do not have time to fully understand them, since I must finish it now. Mignolo 66: La idea de “América fue parte del “occidentalismo” y, más tarde, la idea de “América Latina” se volvió problemática cuando América del sur y el Caribe fueron … More A contradiction, because of time; I am rushed indeed
Today I was asked whether I knew of a university police officer who might take certain crimes against (usually) women seriously, so I went into the file on my former stalker to retrieve the name. In this process I glanced over part of the file, and saw things I had forgotten. For instance, my stalker … More C’est intéressant
Mignolo 111: “En el continente americano, la raza se convirtió en un motivo endémico de la conciencia del Nuevo Mundo, y por eso las razas se ‘sienten’ en América como se ‘sienten’ las clases en Europa.” He is discussing Lewis Gordon, Existentia Africana, another book I should read. Also: Omi and Winant. Formation theory is … More For my book, and perhaps some of my current papers
ES SOLO UN VIAJE, SAUL, LO OTRO NO ES CIERTO. (Para Saúl Landau, con admiración y cariño) →No es cierto, Saúl, no lo repitas. Ya sé, otros también lo dicen, pero no es cierto. Hay dolor en la voz de Carmen cuando me responde el teléfono, pero no puede ser cierto. →Me dirás que sí, … More “Es sólo un viaje, Saúl”
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