Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 18:38:40 -0700 From: Raka Shome <rshome-AT-asu.edu> Subject: FW: White men et al. (love and desire) -----Original Message----- From: Raka Shome To: 'Wolf Factory ' Sent: 7/16/00 6:36 PM Subject: RE: White men et al. (love and desire) I guess i am using the term state in the way in which we use it in cultural studies...for eg. like foucault's notion of "governmentality"...so state, here means the enactment of state power, governmentality, in the culture of the everyday. if one is not familiar with this vocabulary--rather common in cultural studies-, it is difficult to explain in a few words. reading scholars like berlant--who in my view offers one of most significant insights into the regulation of desire, intimacy etc by state power, judith butler, or even toby miller recent book (can't remember) the name that discusses governmentality or anything in the wide literature in queer studies etc..will illustrate this. when you refer to MP's, "Bill" etc i think you are adopting what foucault would say, a "juridical" top down view of power...and again, locating it at the level of intentions and individual people. best, i can do in such a short space. good luck. raka -----Original Message----- From: Wolf Factory To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu Sent: 7/16/00 3:48 AM Subject: RE: White men et al. (love and desire) Raka, Perhaps I have missed the train and all that was on it but I fail to understand what you meant by the following sentence: >since the terms of "love" and "desire" > are already written and > regulated by the state. Are you referring to a particular state? Did the MPs or Senators of that state vote on how love and desire ought to be defined and regulated? Was the issue presented as a Bill? Was it discussed through the night? Were any of the points raised illustrated physically? Did the MPs compose lengthy love sonnets to each other? Were any babies born as a result of the debate? Just Curious Love and Desire Wolf Factory. ===="All the wolves in the wolf factory paused at noon, for a moment of silence." ........from laughing Gravy by John Ashbery. --------------------------------------------------------- Looking for something good and original to read? Check out: http://www.mesopotamia.free-online.co.uk __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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