I like formation theory, but it is apparently criticized from the point of view of systemic racism theory. Denise da Silva is not satisfied with it because, she says, it still treats race as a thing even though the intention is the opposite. Faegin’s work looks good. He is one of my tribe: he says … More Criticism of racial formation theory
In graduate school there was a parodist who wrote a play called El ¿huh? de las niñas y el ¡ja! de Boy-oh-Boy and a tract called La rebelión de las personas non gratas. The personas non gratas were, as we knew from other parodies, the students. I cannot remember the Unamuno parody but there has … More F. L. de Moratín
Look at this: Your application was submitted on 2/18/2013 and has been assigned a tracking number of 138441. Print this page now and attach it to your paper application. Axé.
The Spanish Professor has wanted to give the introduction to literary studies as a course in narrative theory, but if I cut down the number of genres covered I would do poetry and the essay. My colleagues say this would never work since these are the least interesting genres to students, the ones that will … More Introducción a los estudios literarios
♦ This sketch does not justify my working title which refers to Villaverde’s “ojo conocedor” — the eye which sees race. The “discerning eye” in his text and in others is what makes one (Latin) American. Elite criollos need it so as to know with whom they are dealing; others do too, so as to know … More That Discerning Eye
I woke up yesterday happy but terror grew as the day went on. The terror: If I do not show I am curbing my research orientation by cheerfully engaging in extra service, I will be killed. I am in a state of sin by not being oriented toward lower and intermediate level teaching and if … More Managing terror
State income tax Cell phone saga Make sure that payment got there Move funds from savings bank to regular bank (Monday) Telephone messages NEH + 1 e-mail AP Conference Vita 1 letter of recommendation Annual report — to include Honors Convocation & internal funding Books FA 2013 Grade Post to three course websites Read for … More Tonight through Monday night
I do not yet fully understand this and do not have time now to figure it out but watch the situation with EOServe and Southern University. Axé.
Here is some of something I said on e-mail today: I am trying to understand how two circuits of signification, despite disarticulation at some levels, connect (and connect they do): (a) different definitions of race and the racial, different formations of racial meaning in different places, and (b) race and the world system, where things … More El público
He should have done better. His case is one of the most egregious Vichy State has had. The Federal government also appears to have complained that Raymond Seed and his team did not cooperate well enough in the Katrina cover-up and threatened to pull funding from Berkeley, but Berkeley was a better jouster. Axé.
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