Monthly Archives for November 2013
How to decolonize the academia?
In “Decolonizing the mind”, Ngugi wa Thiong’o presents a reflection about how the English language and academia built on Kenya a way of perceiving the world through the eyes of the British culture and imperialist language. The text structure addresses … Continue reading Continue reading
A definition of ideology by Zizek
I know is not related (or is it?) with our topic of the week, but I found this great definition of ideology, one of the terms we probably will have to define in our exam. Here, a commentary by Zizek … Continue reading Continue reading
A definition of ideology by Zizek
I know is not related (or is it?) with our topic of the week, but I found this great definition of ideology, one of the terms we probably will have to define in our exam. Here, a commentary by Zizek … Continue reading Continue reading
Cultural studies
I really enjoyed this week’s reading I think that like gender and feminist studies and theory ethnic literary and cultural studies really talk about current and important issues. One of the things that stood out to me was a quote by Haney Lopez, which stated “Race may be American’s single most confounding problem, but the […] Continue reading
Cultural studies
I really enjoyed this week’s reading I think that like gender and feminist studies and theory ethnic literary and cultural studies really talk about current and important issues. One of the things that stood out to me was a quote by Haney Lopez, which stated “Race may be American’s single most confounding problem, but the […] Continue reading
About Race
It seems like racial problems discussed more intensely within the border of United States where multicultures separate as well as blend in this land. Ian F. Haney Lopez gave an definition about “race”: it’s “a vast group of people loosely bound together by historically contient, socially significant elements of their morphologie and /or ancestry”. Moreover, “Race […] Continue reading
When It Gets Personal
I found this week to be one of the most diverse groups of readings that we have encountered, and I really enjoyed that we were able to investigate articles on “whiteness,” as it’s called in several articles, as well texts that focus on black/African-American, Chicano and Asian-American theoretical principles. A common theme that I saw […] Continue reading
race = a product of the social construction
In “The Social Construction of Race”, Lopez discusses the ideas of race and how they came to be. Lopez argues …
Lopez "The Social Construction of race"
Lopez and “The Social Construction of Race” Since the concept of race dates several hundred years ago, there have been numerous attempts in defining it. Lopez, himself a social constructed person regarding race, argues that race should be considered… Continue reading
Lopez "The Social Construction of race"
Lopez and “The Social Construction of Race” Since the concept of race dates several hundred years ago, there have been numerous attempts in defining it. Lopez, himself a social constructed person regarding race, argues that race should be considered… Continue reading