ANTB20H3 Chapter 5: Week 6 TDBTM chapter 5 notes
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Week 6 t he dev i l beh i nd t he m i rror chapter 5. an illegal person cannot produce a legal person. gerard avin was a masterful raconteur (a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly), and used his narratives to craft relationships with potential clients for his guided tour business. This chapter is also a meditation on the relationship of the racialized subject to power, on the slippery dialect between subjection and agency, and on the discourses, practices, and bodies through which subjection is channelled and mediated. gerard"s struggle was economic: the ever pressing problem of making a living under circumstances that were anything but favourable. gerard states the boca chica is his prison , so to escape, he needs to marry someone outside of the country. Lively black market in boca chica, making it possible for people to attend public schools and qualify for other public services.
