From: vacirca-AT-charm.net Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 12:40:45 -0500 Subject: Re: Salaries of postcolonial cultural studyists >> >>At 10:45 PM 2/11/99 -0800, you wrote: >>>Dear List members: >>> >>> Does anyone know how much the Bhabhas makes? I hear Judith Butler >>>"earns" over USD$ 250,000. Has anyone done any cultural studies type >>>research on this aspect? >>> >>>Julian Samuel >>> >>Why this sort of attention? For years, white males working in >>"traditional" academic fields have been making huge salaries. Now, a few >>people working on non-Western cultures and gender issues are making similar >>wages. What does it imply when one isolates their salaries for a point of >>discussion in this way? > >shiva balaghi > > >Julian's question seems to have been motivated out of a desire to >know--curiosity. I really don't see that he's calling into question their >right to earn such salaries, which your reading potentially imputes him. I >think it's valid, and hope someone can answer it, or knows where we can get >the information. > >It seems to me especially pertinent when one of the ways in which late >capitalism controls the organization of workers is by making the discussion >of salaries a taboo. Employees in corporations are actively discouraged >from discussing their salaries or benefits with others to establish any >criteria for fair pay. Academia's increasing tendency towards corporate >practices and policies makes such discussions necessary. > >Regards, > >Joselyn M. Almeida >Boston i think this is a touchy question for middle class academics and intellectuals especially progressive-minded ones, because it is really about class and class interest of academiccs, and how heavily class interests shape academics and academia. how can can 250,000 a yr salary not change the way one sees and relates to the world. this one of the biggest contradiction in poco studies. i speak as a non-academic working class intellectual who make a 10th of what Butler makes and don't have time to wade thru academese bull crap to get a better understanding of imperialism. bob brown "Solidarity is running the same risks." - Che Guevara ("La solidarieta' significa correre gli stessi rischi.") --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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