Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 08:34:12 -0500 ()
From: Terry Goldie <tgoldie-AT-YorkU.CA>
Subject: Re: Lenin (and Spivak), Political Economy, and  (Post)colonialism


Pretty well all listserves have slowed down over the years and while
Azfar's posting would have been "normal" a few years ago, and Wolf
factory's flame would have been just as normal, we seem to have lost that
energy and dismissive anger. I was thinking of this as I read Marlene's
last posting. It made me realize that over time I have become very
comfortable with her ellipsis. At the beginning, a part of me used to say
"Complete sentences, for pity's sake!" but I realized this was limited and
reductive and so I learned to read "Marleneemailspeak." On the other hand,
my immediate response to Azfar's was:a pleasant, erudite, political
response piece, and not abstruse, of the sort found in the better lefty
magazines, rather than specialist journals. And thus for me it was not a
problem in any sense. Actually, it was a delight: something to chew over
like the "good olddays" of a few years ago.
Back to counting my grey hairs...
terry

Terry Goldie
English Department
York University
North York, Ontario
Canada
M3J 1P3
voice: 416-604-3670
fax: 416-736-5412
email: tgoldie-AT-yorku.ca



     --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---