ETH STD 101B Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Chronotope, Anthropomorphism, Dear America
30 Nov 2020
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A story about childhoods, [the meaning and power of] family, identity, agency, & memories (tender & painful) Also about religion & queerness; language; wholeness & fragmentation. No specific time or place transcends time & space (maya lin) Non-linear: dips in & out of different memories & anecdotes to make sense of his identity & history. Also recounts the word of god, the prophet abraham, the prophet. My father had a steel comb with which he would comb our hair. After a bath the cold metal soothing against my scalp, his hand cupping my chin (8) Kazim revisits this memory on page 10 after recounting abraham"s test from god. Which means patience. i know how to wait . For his place under the blanket to become one of security rather than uncertainty & questioning. Children of immigrant parents struggle with home . Is that me at the edge of the blanket asking to be allowed inside (9).
