tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818172927559793791.post5488135484332046704..comments2023-10-11T03:12:00.547-07:00Comments on Loads of Learned Lumber: Juliana Spahr, _The Transformation_Theobaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01873114371772000542noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818172927559793791.post-76265733300638437642010-02-05T12:53:46.880-08:002010-02-05T12:53:46.880-08:00I'm sure you're right -- that is, that thi...I'm sure you're right -- that is, that things are more complicated than I was able to express. <br /><br />The closing pages of chapter 5 and opening pages of chapter 6 are what gave me the impression that Spahr & co. relocated partly because they were finding it hard to answer the question of what they, as people of European descent, were doing in Hawaii. But the book contains no accusations against those who are still working on that question. If anything, Spahr suggests that the people of European descent living in Hawaii are addressing this question much more critically and conscientiously than those of us living in the Americas are.<br /><br />I don't know why I jumped to the conclusion that the whole household was composed of women. On re-reading, I see my conclusion was wholly unwarranted. Rather peculiar of me, really. Sorry.Theobaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01873114371772000542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818172927559793791.post-75011308748330225582010-01-19T09:59:40.824-08:002010-01-19T09:59:40.824-08:00I would hope that Juliana herself would not endors...I would hope that Juliana herself would not endorse the following precis (let alone the idea she came to Hawai`i with two other women!)<br /><br />"Their politics tend to align them with the Hawaiians who want to restore the cultural and political autonomy of the islands, but their livelihoods connect them to an institution firmly cemented to the cultural and political power of the imperial interlopers. Eventually, the sense of living in bad faith drives them to relocate to New York City"<br /><br />and the rest of us who remain and work hard here are full of "bad faith"? Let me simply suggest that things are more complicated than this review suggests. The language, yes, the language.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934944559857117395noreply@blogger.com