There is an essay in Reclaiming Identity (which of course I'm sure have mentioned to you before and will again) that bashes Judith Butler and Donna Harraway for ham-fistedly identifying women of color with 'cyborgs' and not paying attention to the intricacies of chicana/o history when talking about mestiza/o (sp?) identity. Theoretically it might be helpful to you while thinking through this sorts of things: at least, the title of the Puar/Kai piece reminded me of it.
It is so weird looking at gender studies-y stuff lately since all I've been doing is predicate logic. You know I'm applying to Syracuse to work with Linda Alcoff and Ishani Maitra? Alcoff was at Brown at the same time my philosophy adviser was there for her dissertation: Bindu (my prof) isn't particularly fond of her since she does so much Continental stuff, but I have heard only good things about Maitra.
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There is an essay in Reclaiming Identity (which of course I'm sure have mentioned to you before and will again) that bashes Judith Butler and Donna Harraway for ham-fistedly identifying women of color with 'cyborgs' and not paying attention to the intricacies of chicana/o history when talking about mestiza/o (sp?) identity. Theoretically it might be helpful to you while thinking through this sorts of things: at least, the title of the Puar/Kai piece reminded me of it.
It is so weird looking at gender studies-y stuff lately since all I've been doing is predicate logic. You know I'm applying to Syracuse to work with Linda Alcoff and Ishani Maitra? Alcoff was at Brown at the same time my philosophy adviser was there for her dissertation: Bindu (my prof) isn't particularly fond of her since she does so much Continental stuff, but I have heard only good things about Maitra.
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Absolutely. It's not really an idiom, but I have to add that I really can't stand it when people say "he was confined to a wheelchair."
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