Category Archives: Identity and Identification

Poster (2006): Information Please

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Michael

Information Please: Culture and Politics in the Age of Digital Machines by Mark Poster My rating: 4 of 5 stars In Information Please, Mark Poster asks how information works differently when it is mediated through digital machines, arguing that much … Continue reading →

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on the internet, no one knows you’re not Tony La Russa

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Michael

EDIT/UPDATE: After reading Collin’s comment, I decided to research further. The lawsuit was settled out of court, but part of the issue was distasteful references to players who had died of heart conditions or driving accidents. Bad taste! I’d sue … Continue reading →

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584: Weekly Position Paper #14: Performativity and Subversion: Thomas Beatie Televised in a Gay Bar

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Michael

This is about two weeks old now, but I forgot to post it. In Chapter 7 of Beyond Identity Politics, Moya Lloyd discusses the difference between performance and performativity in order to discuss the potentials for parody as subversion. Performativity, … Continue reading →

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Lloyd: Beyond Identity Politics (2005)

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Michael

Beyond Identity Politics: Feminism, Power and Politics by Moya Lloyd My review rating: 5 of 5 starsLloyd’s book is an excellent book for those interested in feminism and post-structuralist theories of identity and politics. Lloyd is able to articulately and … Continue reading →

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584: Weekly Position Paper #7: Cosmopolitanism in “The Man to Send Rain Clouds”

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Michael

Leslie Marmon Silko’s “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” (182-186) is the story of how Leon and Ken found Teofilo dead under a cottonwood tree and Teofilo’s subsequent burial. When Leon and Ken first encounter Father Paul in the story, … Continue reading →

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