Update at long last

[annis39]

Yes, yes, I am still in the land of the living. Locked in a bit of an ivory tower (one that has video-game outlets, but is nonetheless rather limiting), but still kicking. The last couple months have been relatively calm, though I have lost one of my part-time jobs, and so suddenly have ten more free hours a week that I'm trying to use for

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[redstapler]

A huge, HUGE resource for you might be the local SCA.

The Rochester-area groups are *very* involved, and *very* knowledgeable. And I'm not just saying that cos my household's up there. ;)

If you'd like, I can try and get you in touch with some people. -J

[annis39]

Hmm . . . no offense intended to the SCA or your association with them, but I am a bit leery of using them as a resource. There is a bit of a, hrm, disconnect? one might say, between academic study and SCA practice. Or at least a perceived disconnect on the part of academics, whether or not it truly exists. At any rate, thank you for the offer, but no need to worry about it-- my bibliography's pretty extensive already, and I'm using the tried and true technique of cannabalizing the bibliographies of my sources in order to expand it and to figure out what texts I'll be working with (since it is going to be a literature-focused dissertation, rather than historical).

[polaris134]

So, one could argue that the use of popular media to teach children what they should 'want' out of life isn't necessarily a modern phenomenon, then?

By the way, what is your icon? Is it a piece of some larger image? It looks like someone is using legerdemain (sp?) to remove a peach from behind someone's ear.

[annis39]

So, one could argue that the use of popular media to teach children what they should 'want' out of life isn't necessarily a modern phenomenon, then?
Definitely. Enculturation of this sort has been going on since humans began speaking to one another. It's just become more monolithic as mass media has become more pervasive.

By the way, what is your icon? Is it a piece of some larger image? It looks like someone is using legerdemain (sp?) to remove a peach from behind someone's ear.
It's a piece from a portrait of Persephone-- specifically, the piece featuring the pomegranate that condemns her to spend six months of the year in the Underworld.

[polaris134]

I'd like to see the full picture sometime :) Do you know the title or artist name?

[annis39]

It's Dante Gabriel Rossetti's "Proserpine" (the Roman name for Persephone).

big word alert

[falwyn]

whoa, darlin', you just used the word anchoritic. and I have NO idea what it means. glad you're still alive out there... :) how's the harping?