re Re: NP Tolkien Picks Up A Few More Bits Of Cultural Baggage

[pynchonoid]

jbor:
>That's OK Doug. [...] 

Hey, no problemo.  I still think it's lame to dismiss
a fellow scholar's work without knowing more about it
than a university press release can present.

-Doug


<http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/index.cfm?id=1387552002>
"THE Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien has been
denounced as "an epic rooted in racism" by a respected
acadmic. Dr Stephen Shapiro, an expert in cultural
studies, race and slavery, accused the author of using
the novels to make racial prejudice innocent - by
presenting bigotry through a fantasy world. [...] "


<http://www.overthrow.com/lsn/news.asp?articleID=3326>
Fascists hijack Lord of the Rings
Brits Concerned Trilogy Furthering "Racism" 
12/21/02 1:49:19 PM

Birmingham Post
Birmingham, England --
http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/page.cfm?
objectid=12463394&method=full&siteid=50002 

Fascists hijack Lord of the Rings 

Dec 18 2002 

By Sophie Blakemore, Birmingham Post 

Fascists have hijacked Tolkien's Lord of the Rings as
propaganda to further their cause. 

As the second film of the trilogy, The Two Towers,
comes out on general release today, a Midland academic
has expressed concerns that neo-Nazi groups are
interpreting the Birmingham author's epic for their
own ends. 

One Internet website urges "every white nationalist"
to watch the films, which it claims promote white
supremacy over ethnic minorities living in the West. 

Dr Stephen Shapiro, an English expert at the
University of Warwick, said the adoption of the
literary masterpiece by far right groups was worrying.

Tolkien lovers also expressed horror that the books
were being used to promote extremism. [...]

Dr Shapiro said he could understand why Tolkien's
works had been adopted by the far right but he called
for loyal fans to confront the extremists' views.[...]





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