ENGL 251A Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Mohja Kahf, New Historicism, Mikhail Bakhtin
14 Dec 2017
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Week 12: new historicism and king, coyote columbus & Tattoos: different in tribal culture than in the west o. Individuality - statement of self: tribal - expression of belonging of communal belonging. Anxiety of the future, slipping through our fingers. The planet is dying it"s too late. We anticipate apocalypse: theme of survival, hope in despair, moving forward, willingness to take things head on. Young people getting put up against older, high capitalist people: broken system, dominating, repressive, can"t fix the system, start a revolution, dismantle the system o. Idea that good systems need to be built in order to have hope, to save the day (hunger. This generation is less tolerant with injustice than prior generations. Piercing and tattoos: status, says something about you, difference from conventional culture, adheres to different value system. Production of an experience and the meaning from this experience. Cultural criticism focuses on pop culture rather than high culture.
