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Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 07:10:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Radhika Gajjala <rxgst6+-AT-pitt.edu>
Subject: info on a new list


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There are two recent books with the title "Women Writing 
Culture" (that I know of). One is edited by  Gary A. Olsen 
and Elizabeth Hirsch, and another is edited by Ruth Behar 
and Deborah A. Gordon. The former is about women, writing 
and culture, and the essays "explore how women write culture 
through various post-modern discourses in which they engage. 
The latter points to the relationship between "the native woman 
somewhere else who doesn't write" and the woman anthropologist, 
who, according to Behar and Gordon is not only a "woman who 
is  turning others into the object of her gaze," but also 
"is herself already an object." Although fascinated by 
the idea of cyborg-writing, my own approach to the so-called 
radical expressive possibilities offered by how technologies 
is tempered by various levels of skepticism. 
	My interest in women writing culture arises from 
concerns discussed in the latter anthology. The desire to 
`accept rather than to annihilate...a confusing diversity 
of visions' and yet an attempt to bring to my work a feminist 
perspective (I am not implying that the two are mutually 
exclusive)- this has been my own struggle and is - as I 
continue writing my dissertation. This does sometimes lead me 
to consider the possibilities of cyborg-writing and 
cyborg-heteroglossia.


Description of the List
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I would like to this discussion list to focus on women
ethnographers/anthropologists (and their work, of course) - 
well-known and not so well-known and the problems and challenges 
we encounter in the course of our attempts to "write culture" or 
even to write "against culture". It might be a good idea 
for every new member to submit a few paragraphs describing 
his/her interests in this area. Occasionally, depending 
on member-interaction and opinion, we might try and have 
a group reading of relevant works. 

	Men are not excluded, nor are they/you expected to 
keep silent and "let" the women "speak", while you lurk 
with the best of intentions towards women scholars.

	This list is open to all, but rude, sexist , racist and 
lewd comments WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. I cannot ensure that this 
will be a flame-free zone, or a "private" space. Like all 
archives of Spoon lists, the archives for this list will be 
placed at a website.


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	Thankyou,
	Radhika Gajjala
	(Founder and Co-moderator sa-cyborgs
	Co-moderator  post-colonial
	Founder and Moderator third-world-women
	Moderator  women-writing-cultures)
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