This is very much NOT NP. All P.

[Laura Kelber]

OK, Pinecone, I'll bite. Pynchon's treatment of the Herero massacre is very
different in V. and GR, and I don't see much value in collapsing the two to
make a point. Can you point to where in V. (Mondaugen's Story) any of the
characters are erotically enjoying their destruction and subjugation?

GR is a novel about, among other things, the psychosexual tensions of
people living in the shadow (and foreshadowing) of The Bomb, and yes,
racism, colonialism, mud, shit, color, death, and homoeroticism are all
tossed into the mix, which is populated by Brigadier Pudding as much as
half-Herero, half Russian Enzian. You seem to be proposing that commenting
on racism is the same as being racist.

Laura




On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 1:33 PM, Atticus Pinecone <atticuspinecone at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I don't see why Pynchon gets a "pass" on V. & GR.
>
> He presents the Hereros as erotically enjoying their destruction &
> subjugation—and compares black skin and shit.
>
> Alexandra d'Abbadie is down with that? Or did she miss it?
>
> If you're subscribing to this style of thought, our good friend Tommy not
> only doesn't get a pass, he's one of the worst, most disgusting offenders.
>
> On Nov 13, 2017, at 11:20 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://electricliterature.com/thomas-pynchon-shows-us-
> how-white-writers-can-avoid-appropriation-8902a5563a1c
>
>
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