ENGL 1F97 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, Jean-Paul Sartre
22 Dec 2015
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Operation of power seduced by consumer goods, entertainment, which serves to mobilize them politically power isn"t a simple matter of one people dominating another; rather it is something that circulates within social structures and is inherently unstable (foucault) Power generates, among other things, the possibility of resistance. Power/resistance thus popular music interpellates people into capitalist system at the same time as it politicizes them. District council responds by building beer hall--significantly painted same colour as. Word which traditionally referred to capacity of states to exercise control over other states taken up by gramsci to describe relations between social classes. Certain stories shape the way characters live their lives, take action. Fairy tale of babamukuru (15, 50) story mr matimba tells doris to get money for school fees because the real story isn"t compelling enough (29) Nhamo tells bounteous story of his being chosen to be educated (47) Maiguru"s acceptance of need for sacrifice by women and blacks (16)
