The Beauties of PoMo

Joe Varo vjvaro at erie.net
Sat May 24 12:09:18 CDT 1997


On Fri, 23 May 1997 LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU wrote:

> One thing about PoMo is coming understand (or least misunderstand in a 
> structured way) the rhetorical context of the works.  I have heard Gayatri
> Spivak speak, formally and informally, on a couple of occasions.  Even
> when I have trouble following her, I stand back in admiration at the
> force and sheer intelligence embodied there.  The image that comes to mind
> is of sparks flying off a grindstone.
> [...]

Yes.  Her introduction to the english translation of Derrida's
_Of_Grammatology_ is damned fine.

Joe





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