Monthly Archives for November 2012
The South—Borges
At the beginning of this story, I thought the plot would be straightforward, but when I read it for the second time, I found different meanings in it. This short story gave me an impression I was reading a piece … Continue reading Continue reading
The South—Borges
At the beginning of this story, I thought the plot would be straightforward, but when I read it for the second time, I found different meanings in it. This short story gave me an impression I was reading a piece … Continue reading Continue reading
Impressions on “The Prose of Counter-Insurgency” on Guha
In The Prose of Counter-Insurgency, Ranajit Guha analyses the historiography of insurgency in Colonial India. The main argument I am getting from Guha’s paper is that one side of the story is not told, one voice is not accounted for ; … Continue reading Continue reading
Spivak
I think that Spivak`s text is a very interesting reading of the work that have been doing by the subaltern group studies. In a very “polite” tone, is proposing to change the focus of this kind of studies. Turn them … Continue reading Continue reading
Spivak
I think that Spivak`s text is a very interesting reading of the work that have been doing by the subaltern group studies. In a very “polite” tone, is proposing to change the focus of this kind of studies. Turn them … Continue reading Continue reading
Guha
Many things pointed by Guha would sound quiet obvious now a days. But, if it’s obvious, is because he (they) said it and was took into account. In my opinion, this is a text related to theory of history (hence, … Continue reading Continue reading
Guha
Many things pointed by Guha would sound quiet obvious now a days. But, if it’s obvious, is because he (they) said it and was took into account. In my opinion, this is a text related to theory of history (hence, … Continue reading Continue reading
Hearing Malala Speak
Spivak urges readers to deconstruct texts by acknowledging their complicity. She agrees with Said that literary writing reproduces Western hegemonic power over the Other and is interested in the way knowledge and power intersect. From colonization to globalization, socio-economic inequality … Continue reading Continue reading
Hearing Malala Speak
Spivak urges readers to deconstruct texts by acknowledging their complicity. She agrees with Said that literary writing reproduces Western hegemonic power over the Other and is interested in the way knowledge and power intersect. From colonization to globalization, socio-economic inequality … Continue reading Continue reading
Guha and Spivak
Guha This article had a very interesting take on how history is viewed in the eyes of the reader. I think one of the main aspects of the article is the manipulative description of the people who revolt and of … Continue reading Continue reading
