I haven't called anyone a bastard, or taken the position you ascribe to
me.....
What is clear to me, though it seems you want to deny it, is that power
makes a difference. The difference may be complex, and difficult to
accurately describe (though I would say Alison is doing a pretty good job in
her recent mails)- all the more important to try. I deliberately used the
word 'negotiate' to try to swiftly convey some of that.
I didnt talk about inside and outside - but now you have used them I have to
say in short and in summary that only someone who is safely walled in on the
inside, could state so confidently that there is no outside, and that the
inside is not safe from what it shuts out, since the two fold back on each
other
Liz
> Liz said, inter alia,
>
> > > Women have to
> > > negotiate a different position in relation to
> poetry/culture/power than
> > > men. So do queer folk.
>
> and I thought, in short and in summary: surely everyone has to
> negotiate a
> different position in relation to poetry/culture/power. And in any case,
> there is no such single thing as a poetry/culture/power-superblob
> to which
> anyone at all exists in a relation of utterly untroubled
> identification and
> ownership. There is no inside and there are no insiders; there is
> no outside
> and there are no outsiders. Insider poetics, where you say - in
> effect - "I
> own the logos", is a con trick. Outsider poetics, where you say -
> in effect -
> "you bastard, you stole the logos from me" is also a con trick.
>
> Dominic
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