Femenist reading of IV

[David Morris]

I think Rich has it right here.  The true slaves in Pynchon's novels
turn their oppression on its head by embracing the oppression and
using that role as its opposite.  The female slave in MD owned by the
Afrikaners (Lustra?) became the active temptress and nihilist, and as
such took on power.  The Herero nihilists has a similar strategy.
Freedom's just another word...


David Morris

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:08 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> woman is the nigger of the world. what else to say?
>
> I think IV is as feminist as Quentin Tarantino (IMHO). not a criticism, Pynchon's obsessions lay elsewhere (IMHO)
>
> rich