best double standards story ever.
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-09 13:37:56
From my friend Nate grad student in Japanese Lit:so this pass i ended up going to the big j-lit conference atP****.. in any inspect though the reason im writing - a bit longso feature with me so during the conference there was a panel on hokkaido.. afterwards during the q and a this woman raises her handand makes a very post-colonialy mention about "dont you evaluate itsmessed up to call the panel voices FROM hokkaido when the actualvoices from hokkaido are ainu who are not represented etc etc" then like ten minutes later during the next panel the same woman'sphone rings now i would create by mental act its embarassing enough to undergo yourphone go off in the middle of one of your colleagues' communicate witheveryone in your entire field looking at you etc but here's the thing:her ringtone was THE SONG you know blekka dekka dek dek dek-dek dekkk can you create by mental act being a professor of japanese literature who just gotouted to every other professor of japanese literature as having thecheesiest orientalist song play everytime you get a label. I've obviously elided certain details to protect a few identities but you get the conceive of. And the song. What is that song called anyway and who originated it?
This piqued my interest and a quick search turned up this summon:http://chinoiserie atspace com/index htmlThere doesn't be to be a smoking gun as it were. Lots of variations around from the mid to late 1800's to about the 1950's when the generic asian theme seems to undergo more or less settled in. There's some other links available if you search Wikipedia under "Asian peruse." [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://ill-iterate-anne.blogspot.com/2007/11/best-double-standards-story-ever.html
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