Monthly Archives for October 2012
Paris is Burning – Bell Hooks and Judith Butler
Hooks My initial impressions after watching the film Paris is Burning was that it aimed to showcase the lives of black drag queens in the 1980’s in New York City. Considering that there was a lot of footage of black … Continue reading Continue reading
span 501 2012-10-24 12:30:09
When reading “Culture is Ordinary” what stood out to me was this notion that through education one can change the class which one is born with. Here we see a clear example of a person who comes from a working … Continue reading Continue reading
span 501 2012-10-24 12:30:09
When reading “Culture is Ordinary” what stood out to me was this notion that through education one can change the class which one is born with. Here we see a clear example of a person who comes from a working … Continue reading Continue reading
Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin When I hear the word apparatus in a text I suddenly get interested. “The apparatus!” It sounds imposing. It is actually. In the Kafka story we read a few weeks ago, that word is in the first line. And we saw what that apparatus ultimately was meant to do and actually made happen: … Continue reading Continue reading
Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin When I hear the word apparatus in a text I suddenly get interested. “The apparatus!” It sounds imposing. It is actually. In the Kafka story we read a few weeks ago, that word is in the first line. And we saw what that apparatus ultimately was meant to do and actually made happen: … Continue reading Continue reading
Williams and Benjamin
Williams The text of Raymond Williams takes us to a very especial reflection: the problem of the concept of “culture” and the idea of “mass”. In this biographical writing, Williams argue that is important to brake the idea of … Continue reading Continue reading
Williams and Benjamin
Williams The text of Raymond Williams takes us to a very especial reflection: the problem of the concept of “culture” and the idea of “mass”. In this biographical writing, Williams argue that is important to brake the idea of … Continue reading Continue reading
O is for Ordinary
Raymond Williams “Clearly there is something in the psychology of print and image that none of us has yet quite grasped.” Raymond Williams says this after discussing his family’s ability to appreciate “culture”. Their finesse of feeling, quick discrimination, and … Continue reading Continue reading
O is for Ordinary
Raymond Williams “Clearly there is something in the psychology of print and image that none of us has yet quite grasped.” Raymond Williams says this after discussing his family’s ability to appreciate “culture”. Their finesse of feeling, quick discrimination, and … Continue reading Continue reading
Culture is Ordinary – Raymond Williams
It is no surprise that the most important phrase in this reading, repeated several times, is when Williams states that “culture is ordinary”. But of course, like most texts we read, we wonder: what does that mean? This means, according … Continue reading Continue reading
