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I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
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white guys
Pfeil’s essay “Sympathy for the Devils: Notes on Some White Guys and the Ridiculous Class War” investigates a few groups of white men that are often accused by those on the Left, by feminists, and by minority groups, as being … Continue reading
Posted in Marxism, Social Justice
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Jameson on Postmodernism and Affect
So, I find myself reading things that I don’t completely understand. It seems like whenever I read something, I find that there are dozens of references I don’t get, like I’m a culturally incompetetent twit. Actually, to be more accurate, … Continue reading
Posted in Affect, Marxism
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Vitanza’s concerns with cynicism
In “‘The Wasteland Grows,’” Vitanza asks what I think are some amazing questions regarding the creation of cynicism in students when we teach cultural studies. Drawing on Sloterdijk and Zizek, he wonders whether students, after instruction in cultural studies, “‘they … Continue reading
Posted in Affect, Critical Pedagogy, Teaching Composition, Victor Vitanza
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miasmic cynicism
I just read the following two articles: Langstraat, Lisa. “The Point Is There Is No Point: Miasmic Cynicism and Cultural Studies Composition.” JAC 22.2 (2002): 293-325. Crawford, Ilene. “Building a Theory of Affect in Cultural Studies Composition Pedagogy.” JAC 22.3 … Continue reading
Thomas Wests’s politics of anger and praxis of shelter
West argues that anger needs to be considered when discussing confict, especially in regards to an agonistic critical pedagogy: “What is gained once we begin to pay close mind to the workings of anger and strong emotion is a more … Continue reading
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