From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Mon Jul 21 2003 - 16:24:09 MDT
On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 02:38:54PM -0700, Terry W. Colvin wrote:
>
> Here are some ideas for texts you might try to deconstruct, once you
> are ready to attempt it yourself, graded by approximate level of
> difficulty:
...
> the Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is a signifier of division, of hindrance, but
western dualism and progressivism cannot abide with leaving it as such,
and adds on attributions of transport, movement and centrality. Through
this re-attribution the dualistic hegemony is maintained, and hence
Mississippi is given a central position within the land as being tamed
good-nature unlike the less manageable and hence marginalized mountain
ranges that are expelled to the sides. This is a good example of how the
patriarchal order subverts the feminine symbols by placing them in a
dualistic framework and then rewarding compliance (making the river
"Miss"), while the male offspring Ouranos-style is rejected to the
periphery (but will of course in due time return to complete the cycle
of heteronormative dominance).
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