File spoon-archives/marxism-international.archive/marxism-international_1998/marxism-international.9803, message 290


Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 23:54:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Jon Beasley-Murray <jpb8-AT-acpub.duke.edu>
Subject: Re: M-I: On Che


Yup, Anderson's the third bio.

Franco's talk started by noting that the three bios together make up 2000 
pages on a figure that (as is continually claimed in these 2000 pages) is 
supposedly irrelevant to the present.  Che is painted as part of an era 
of impossible dreams and inevitable failure; and in describing him, 
"futile" is supposedly the key word.  The bios aim to re-assert the 
significance of the individual--an individual that the kill softly 
through tedium.

Etc.

Take care

Jon

On Fri, 27 Mar 1998 revcom-AT-hn.pl.net wrote:

> No I don't know anything about it. But that other biography on Che that you
> mention might be Jon Lee Anderson's one  "A revolutionary Life" - Bantam
> books 1997. I'm part way through it still. Has anyone else on this list
> read it?
> 
> Andrew.
> 
> At 03:27 PM 26/03/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >Just a quick note on Che:
> >
> >I recently saw Jean Franco giving an (excellent) talk on Che--or rather 
> >on the use of his image in (mainstream) US and Latin American discourse.  
> >Mainly she focused on the three Che biographies (by Jorge Castaneda, 
> >Taibo Ignacio II and someone else) that have recently come out in English.
> >
> >Anyhow, she did a very good critique of these, but by contrast 
> >represented an exhibition on Che that's currently (I believe) on in 
> >Chicago, though unfortunately I don't know why.
> >
> >Anyone know what this is or has seen it?
> >
> >Take care
> >
> >Jon
> >
> >Jon Beasley-Murray
> >Literature Program
> >Duke University
> >jpb8-AT-acpub.duke.edu
> >http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~spoons
> >
> >
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Jon Beasley-Murray
Literature Program
Duke University
jpb8-AT-acpub.duke.edu
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~spoons


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