Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 21:01:57 -0700 From: Priti Joshi <pjoshi-AT-rohan.sdsu.edu> Subject: Re: identity politics Joe, I must say I've heard such statements ("Where does Identity politics get you...."), said with withering scorn, uttered well before 9/11. Indeed, I think I first heard it in a Women's Studies or Feminist gathering, and would date it back to the mid-90s. Priti. At 09:28 PM 4/7/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Can anyone out there tell me where the term "identity politics" was first >used? I imagine that it has a discursive career very similar to the term >"ethnophilosophy" which is a pejorative term (invoked by Hountoundji) and >other African philosophers against those who believe culture is philosophy >(I'm being reductive here for the sake of email). In the wake of 9/11 the >term has taken on a certain pungency and I've heard one too many presenters >(who understand themselves to be progressive and to be inhabiting a host of >post- discourses) say something like: "Where does identity politics take >you....9/11" > >Joseph N Clarke >Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Literatures >in English >The University of Pennsylvania >English Department, Bennett Hall 119 >3340 Walnut Street >Philadelphia PA 19104-6273 USA >clarkejnc-AT-aol.com > > > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Priti Joshi Dept of English & Comparative Literature San Diego State University 5500 Campanile Drive San Diego, CA 92182-8140 Ph: (619) 594-5170 e-mail: pjoshi-AT-rohan.sdsu.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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