Final Paper

Orientalism- Western construct of the East. Not macho- enfeminized.

Is there an internal orientalism going on in China?

Occidentalism- eastern construct of the west.

Beijing Bicycle, Slumdog Millionaire, Summer Palace

In reality would latika still be a virgin?

( In reference to Latika- I meant would she really have been perfectly preserved for all those years- or was it cinematic technique to make her rape all the more tragic)


SOOOOO If I switch to Beijing Bicycle I will address the release of the film is the beginning, or part of, the movement to reveal Eastern globalization. A unique process that will never be identical to westernization, and cannot be directly a result of capitalism.

Globalcentrism not Globalcentralism- Biiig Difference

So is globalcentrism good or bad? Do we want a world united by its marketplace? Is it only possible within a marketplace? Our terms and fancy ideologies are what is uniting us- and democracy is infectious. Now is this great or disastrous? To be continued....




So yeah, The article by Coronil mentions St. Augustine who said, “that it is only at the end of a life that one can apprehend its meaning.” This is referring to the delusions that we are at the end of an era. This made me curious for more- and I remembered this book on my shelf that is one of those ones you have but never read through. The book is St. Augustine- Confessions, a dense pile over 200 pages of spiritual philosophy. He says, "It was obvious to me that things which are liable to corruption are good... For if they were supreme goods, they would be incorruptible. If there were no good in them, there would be nothing capable of being corrupted. Corruption does harm and unless it diminishes the good, no harm would be done. Therefore either corruption does not harm, which cannot be the case, or (which is wholly certain) all things that are corrupted suffer privation of some good...." (VII.xii(18) 124). He goes on and I had to read this a few times- but basically I felt that globalization does have some good, but is wholly corruptible and therefore not a supreme good. Ugh, I need to read more- in general.

Gikandi talks about the diaspora of images across the globe- a term I ususally only see next to Judaism,.....

Works Cited:

Augustine, Saint. Confessions. trans. Henry Chadwick. Oxford University Press: New York, 1991. Print.

Coronil, Fernando, 1944-. "Towards a Critique of Globalcentrism: Speculations on Capitalism's Nature." Public Culture 12.2 (2000): 351-374. Project MUSE. 27 Apr. 2010. Web.

Gikandi, Simon. "Globalization and the Claims of Postcoloniality." The South Atlantic Quarterly 100.3 (2001): 627-658. Project MUSE.



I was able to find a free copy of the complete Coronil article at: http://www.scribd.com/doc/20261308/Coronil-Towards-a-Critique-of-Global-Centrism-Speculations-on-Capitalism-s-Nature

The Facsimile

This presentation was a lot of fun. I just kept trying to think of what would be interesting to an eleventh grader- and I talked about this with other people. Even my chiropractor was interested in the topic. Our group was a unit and I really liked working with everyone in a relaxed way.

American Lit You Twobe

Buckingham page 23

Although Dickinson, 1830-1886,was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime. The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation. (wiki)
Unique For Her Time…
What other forms of entertainment are new for their time?

Fish- Dolphin- Sea Turtle- How does Baby Einstein Work?

Okay- I'm guilty- I admit it- I let me children watch TV before two years of age despite that being the recommended age by the "professionals." Whew -- that felt good, I truly needed to get that off my chest. All I know is that it is 7:56am- I am sitting at my computer doing homework, and my son is peacefully sitting close by and he is naming all the animals he sees on Baby Einstein: World Animals. These tapes have come under fire-http://www.mediafamily.org/mediawisecolumns/baby_einstein_mw.shtml and article by Dr. Dave of the National Institute on Media & the Family, who believes, "The lure of the product appeals to the hopes of every new parent who wants her baby to get a jumpstart on achievement. That sounds nice, but there's an implied threat here too: if you deprive your little one of this wonderful product you will relegate him to a lifetime of stupidity... Very simply put, it gets kids hooked on screens before they can even crawl. There's nothing wrong with the colorful and child-friendly content. The problem is that the videos wire the growing brain to expect constant entertainment and to always look to the screen for everything good in life." What a convincing statement.
But I tell ya- I didn't expect my kids to become little einsteins- just to sit still a little bit-and learn while hearing classical music. Right now- right this second my son is waddling over to me with a blanket draped over his head, "i wanna sit wi' momma'- okay time to go now.... tbc

Exit Strategies

Our group presentation should be a way to utilize the effectiveness of media in teaching English/Language Arts in a classroom. This assignment will show one small way that social networking sites can be used to directly connect with literature.