Fwd: M&D notes from chs. 7,8 fringe markets, eco edges

[Mark Kohut]

The edges are the lifelong lowlands in Pynchon, allusion intended, he says,
 for some who might not yet have read "Lowlands".


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M&D Ch 7
OLD post(Bonk of the V.O.C.

 Entering the colony of Cape Town. New Lines. New rules.  A world taken by
force and edged by terror. M&D Bonked awake to the limits and awake to the
watchful eyes of the patriarchal Dutch. The edge that rings Capetown is
reminiscent of the lines of separation that are being drawn the
measurements made, the earth itself weighed and sized and divided like an
apple.

      Alas the best laid plans of patriarchs and papas, so many things to
keep an eye on- star watching strangers, that pesky  apple, that hunger to
know and  Eve renamed Johanna of the hungry eye, the nubile daughters so
hard to straighten, so impossible to rule. )

Well close to impossible ….

The most effective rule is the one embraced by the ruled and here in
Capetown the rule is profit and the profit is in slaves. The sisters Vroom
are slave traders expertly taught by the matriarch to arouse the interests
of  a prospective high return on investment stud.
CH 8 notes
Dixon treats the africans and Maylay people with respect and hangs out at
the edges of Capetown. Edges are important in P’s work, as are markets.
The edges of an ecosystem is where the action and diversity is (between
forest and meadow, jungle and mountain, ocean and land, fresh and salt
water). Here is where the non-slave markets abound: music, food, consensual
sex work, clothing, instruments, toys… pynchon contasts the singular
omnipresent smell of mutton among the dutch to the diverse and savory
cooking smells in this market area on the edge of Cape Town, rife with
spices, fruit, wild game, vegetables, etc., monoculture vs polyculture.



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