La imaginación histórica y el romance nacional; Martyrs of Miscegenation

1996, F. Unzueta, and I need to see it. It is not here, and it would cost $40 to buy used, so I will actually use interlibrary loan. I had forgotten I was looking for this article by Lee Skinner several years ago and that I had it; now I have read it. National identities … More La imaginación histórica y el romance nacional; Martyrs of Miscegenation

Ne pas oublier

…at the library, Literary Bondage and those back pages of Poets & Writers, where they list bilingual presses. There is another book that turned out to be there and that I wanted to get, and I have lost my piece of paper. C’était quoi? Something tempting and new that I was going to order from … More Ne pas oublier

Fascinating files

Harvest of Empire, that I must watch  — Stuart Hall, Race, the floating signifier A Georgia sharecropper’s narrative — The Bayou Brief: Petrostate I saw your face … I felt infinite wonder, infinite pity Jazz Lives. This is a whole blog I must link to. Look at their Memories of Club Hangover Afro-Colonial Legislation in … More Fascinating files

Race, the floating signifier (1996) — the beginning of a handout for class

It is by Stuart Hall and it is a key text. I find myself caring about structuralism and poststructuralism as never before. But this is a q/d handout for the students. Floating signifier in Oxford Reference: A signifier without a specific signified (see sign). Also known as an ‘empty signifier’, it is a signifier that … More Race, the floating signifier (1996) — the beginning of a handout for class

The invention of race in the European Middle Ages. A research post

* Re-find also that Berkeley professor working on history of business, plantation and corporation. Canonical critical race theory sees race as a modern invention, and often says it came in with the Enlightenment (sometimes moving back to the early modern period, but not earlier. This is not accurate. (See 261-62 for a list of major … More The invention of race in the European Middle Ages. A research post