Sunday, February 13, 2011

Flooded Moat or Flooded Motor

Arthur W. Frank's "Tricksters and Truth Tellers: Narrating Illness in an Age of Authenticity and Appropriation" is frightfully awesome. Not being familiar with the reference, I am reminded of Jawas by Frank's depiction of Levi-Strauss' bricoleur metaphor. In a world striving for uniform personalities and consistent streams of consciousness, readers are allowed to appreciate their multifaceted being in his observation of the complex union of trickster and truth teller. The prospect of saddened author Audre Lorde in view of outraged woman Audre Lorde allows us see the mutual greatness of the sides. Storytelling is the remedy, Jawas rule, and the "one-breasted Amazon warrior" is a bamf.

1 comment:

  1. Right on! Great tone, good energy, and succinct analysis of the text. I like it, and I get a crystal clear picture of what you got out of the reading. Rad.

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