------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRI Continental Film Festival - Dona Paula, Goa, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2007
http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricontinental/tricon.htm For public viewing. Registration at The International Centre Goa. (Ph: +91-832-2452805 to 10) Online Media Partner: http://www.GOANET.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi Eugene Interestingly, while Spivak is seemingly a darling of some intellectuals in the States, as well as definitely in India, she is less so in the UK. Indeed, Homi Bhabha possibly has more kudos on this side of the pond than Spivak. Not withstanding her brilliant 1985 essay Can The Subaltern Speak? that received "a certain degree of misplaced notoriety" here are some of my speculative reasons for this paradox: 1. Spivak invariably writes in an impenetrable style rather like the recent French theorists that appeal to her. 2.On this side of the pond, there is in general, more acceptance (rightly or wrongly), of the grand seminal social theory narratives from the likes of Durkheim, Weber and Marx and the neo Marxists like Gramsci compared to some of the newer entrants with ideas in post-modern and post-colonial studies. 3. Perhaps, America's shorter existential rootedness and thus, historical/intellectual ideas of its own genesis, makes it more receptive to new ideas from outside. The thoughts of the 'outsider' but also American, Edward Said (of whom I am most impressed), taking root in America is perhaps an illustration of this and probably also provided the impetus for the American grounding of Spivak and others of her persuasion. 4. Rightly or wrongly, I think some post-colonial theory is slightly 'suspect' on this side of the pond. Many thanks for briefly injecting a welcome but unusual element into Goanet, even if possibly, it could bore the pants of many! I won't be saying more on this topic if I can help it. Regards Cornel (Just the proletariat) Eugene Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Cornel's making a further point re: subaltern brings me to the writing of one of the world's leading proponent of such studies, Prof. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. For those who want to learn more, her writings are a "must read". As a professor at Columbia University, she has come to be known as the critic of postcolonialism and her translation of Derrida's Of Gramatology is a noted work of scholarship. She has also provide her views on subjects such as deconstruction, feminism, and Marxism. Reading her "Can the Subaltern Speak?, a brilliant essay, should be a good start. Eugene Correia Just a subaltern ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/
