Sorry, Dominic, I had not read your later much more considered posts on the
essay in question.
I shot from the hip. Again.
Stephen V
Blog: http://stephenvincent.durationpress.com
> I say, if I may, "time out" for Dominic to really read the issue - or the
> essay in question - and then come back on a substantive level. As one who is
> personally inclined to shoot from the hip - and not fully consider the depth
> of somebody else's real work - I recommend a good look first. Otherwise it
> becomes the "Fox" reactive mode of another network!
>
> Stephen V
> Who is really pleased to be in this issue of Masthead.
>
>
>
>> On 15/3/05 11:36 PM, "Dominic Fox" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Incidentally, where does this idea that the poetic articulation of
>>> erotic longing will help to construct a more mutually respectful
>>> social milieu come from? It seems like wishful thinking at best to me.
>>> I don't find in my sexual makeup a great deal that would be of use in
>>> making a better society.
>>
>> Hi Dominic
>>
>> Did you read the essay (from which I distorted that quote in order to write
>> a chatty intro)? It says precisely where ideas similar to that (but not
>> quite what you're saying here) comes from, in some contemporary indigenous
>> writings; and it's an idea that absolutely embraces conflicted selves. "Not
>> despite, but because of, a bloody and oppressed history, Indigenous writers
>> speak up/from their sexuality, determined to bring pleasure into the
>> political arena and beyond. Even mourning for the crimes of racism and
>> homophobia, these writers remind us of the sensual physical world that those
>> who commit these crimes fear. "
>>
>> Best
>>
>> A
>>
>>
>> Alison Croggon
>>
>> Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
>> Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
>> Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
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