From: Sigmund C Shen <scs7891-AT-nyu.edu>
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 14:36:26 -0400
Subject: bluest eye



Hi Christina - just wanted to thank you for your note on the poco list.  Haven't gotten to 
Kogawa yet, but I read the Morrison and it was perfect, exactly the kind of thing I needed 
to look at for my topic and interests.  In fact I'm pretty sure it'll be one of the primary texts 
for my dissertaton!  Thanks again and take care - 

Sigmund

----- Original Message -----
From: cs <christina.sharpe-AT-tufts.edu>
Date: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:38 am
Subject: Re: cultural identity?

> What about The Bluest Eye?  And do you just mean U.S novels?  
> Because if not
> Obasan by Joy Kogawa (Japanese Canadian) also comes to mind.
> 
> 
> Christina
> 
> on 8/15/02 7:47 PM, Maldoror at insektus-AT-yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> > 
> >> "cultural identity" is shot through
> >> with (and depends on) a shameful ambivalence.
> > 
> > Brett Easton Ellis' 'Less Than Zero' contains an
> > abundance of ambivalence. His more popular novel
> > "American Psycho" has ambivalence that borders on
> > nihilism.
> > 
> > Both are interesting in how the lack of culture in the
> > US produces people with no traditional ties and the
> > emptiness and anger that is sometimes produced as a
> > result.
> > 
> > Obviously it's a different time period in literature
> > when compared to "The Scarlet Letter," but maybe more
> > relevant to the current times.
> > 
> > gr3g
> > 
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