what i learned in class tonight

[moonlightjoy]

So. This dude named Alastair Pennycook who is a Linguist at U of T, wrote an article called "Global Englishes, Rip Slyme, and Performativity", which appeared in the Journal of Sociolinguistics, 7, 513-533.

(Taken from the class handout)
Performativity: The way in which we perform act of identity as a series of social and cultural performances

Comments

[stateofwonder]

I'm so into performance anthropology, and gender performance and identity. Yay! My professors probably all hate me because I always write my papers about identity and performance theory.

[moonlightjoy]

I'd actually never heard about it til now, but it seems really amazing to study.

Why would your profs hate you for writing about it?

[stateofwonder]

Mostly because I'm always writing about the same thing :s But you can apply it to so many case studies, so I guess that's alright.

[erraticsporadic]

hahha. that's all i did last semester!

[smar]

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! That blew my mind!

Permission to post this in my blog, and in the community blog Sillytech (which Alice also reads and posts to!!)?

[moonlightjoy]

be my guest!

you should look for more Rip Slyme.. they're so awesome.

[vyxle]

Only in Japan would a rap video be dressed up like Kiddie TV. I mean, puppets? Rainbow colors? Complete lack of lascivious boobalage? Wtf?

[erraticsporadic]

i've lots of essays on performativity. lots and lots and lots.

[ubergreenkat]

that's cool... and going to occupy my mind a lot in the next hours/days/weeks

also, just a thought, this entry isn't friends only.

[moonlightjoy]

yeah, sometimes I don't lock things if they don't have too much personal content.

Re: Hah - Rip Slyme

[moonlightjoy]

oh dude. you know what's really funny? when reading this comment, I read the word "sake" to mean Japanese beer rather than ... whatever the definition of "sake" is. How does one define "sake"? heh. Anyway.

Hi!

I'll add you to my friends list in case you want to read the real juicy stuff.