Freud speaks of impossible desires :(. I haven't read much by him, only of him. Ethnography of Narnia fans: how many of us are young people learning to be adults and getting nostalgic for childhood because of it? It might explain some things.
Yes, the subaltern is that. FUNNY YOU SHOULD MENTION HAVING NO VOICE, because the article I was reading about it (quite short, 5 pages) is Can the Subaltern Speak? (http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/bitstream/1874/29948/1/scan011.2.pdf). The subaltern are victims of epistemic violence. Their stories are written by their oppressors. "The terms 'people' and 'subaltern classes' [are] used as synonymous throughout [Guha's definition]. The social groups and elements included in this category represent the demographic difference between the total population and all those whom we have described to be 'elite'."
SOMETIMES I WONDER TOO, but then would I start to hate it, because it is no longer a hobby, but WORK? I do wonder if I get my PhD, if I'd get it in, like, international development, or if I'll go in for comparative literature or some crap. I hear there is a grad program at Harvard about FOLKLORE. *grabby hands*
It's totally reactionary, but why? Is it because it is a large fandom and this is just the specific section I find myself in? But HP was pretty large and these sorts of discussions didn't constantly came up. Is it because the subtext brings queer theorists to the yard? Is 'Merlin' just particularly gender/racefaily that it needs to be commented on? I don't think it is the most faily show out there though. WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS SHOW AND ITS FANDOM. Admittedly, I've never been immersed in such large fandoms before. Narnia is tiny and all about Susan, and is a total downer canon, and BDS is all about VIOLENCE and, like, didn't have any women in it, so wasn't conducive to these sorts of discussion.
REVOLUTION IS POSSIBLE BUT WILL NEED TO BE REVOLTED AGAINST EVENTUALLY D:
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Yes, the subaltern is that. FUNNY YOU SHOULD MENTION HAVING NO VOICE, because the article I was reading about it (quite short, 5 pages) is Can the Subaltern Speak? (http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/bitstream/1874/29948/1/scan011.2.pdf). The subaltern are victims of epistemic violence. Their stories are written by their oppressors. "The terms 'people' and 'subaltern classes' [are] used as synonymous throughout [Guha's definition]. The social groups and elements included in this category represent the demographic difference between the total population and all those whom we have described to be 'elite'."
SOMETIMES I WONDER TOO, but then would I start to hate it, because it is no longer a hobby, but WORK? I do wonder if I get my PhD, if I'd get it in, like, international development, or if I'll go in for comparative literature or some crap. I hear there is a grad program at Harvard about FOLKLORE. *grabby hands*
It's totally reactionary, but why? Is it because it is a large fandom and this is just the specific section I find myself in? But HP was pretty large and these sorts of discussions didn't constantly came up. Is it because the subtext brings queer theorists to the yard? Is 'Merlin' just particularly gender/racefaily that it needs to be commented on? I don't think it is the most faily show out there though. WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS SHOW AND ITS FANDOM. Admittedly, I've never been immersed in such large fandoms before. Narnia is tiny and all about Susan, and is a total downer canon, and BDS is all about VIOLENCE and, like, didn't have any women in it, so wasn't conducive to these sorts of discussion.
REVOLUTION IS POSSIBLE BUT WILL NEED TO BE REVOLTED AGAINST EVENTUALLY D: