Can I just substitute an interpretive dance in place of a list?

[phalangingle]

Although I am generally of the opinion that I would never be a member of a club that would have someone like me as a member, I decided to give this a try.

Comments

[pauldeman2pt0]

The inconsistencies in your font type, size and use of italics make me want to stab you.

Cuddles,
2.0

[pauldeman2pt0]

If it doesn't put the lotion in the basket, does it get the hose?

Also:

[pauldeman2pt0]

I would like you to talk to me about The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life as it relates to Disability Studies. Specifically, are disabilities performed / performative or not? If they are, how and why?

Let's start there and see what happens.

[phalangingle]

I have answered most of the original questions. I still need to reply to the Goffman, performance, and disability question. I also have Knut's Foucault question to reply to. I will try to do this tonight, but internet connection and other obligations may get in the way.

[max_ambiguity]

Applications typically run for several days, so you have time.

[pauldeman2pt0]

There is no hurry. We prefer quality over speed.

[pauldeman2pt0]

Never mind. You don't have to answer my question. Best of luck---I hope you make the cut.

[ichbinkelsey]

Ooo, I like a lot of the things on your list. And unlike our last, I don't know, 3000 candidates, I have read the bulk of the works on it, which excites me to no end.

I want to address the Bourdieu. Conceptually, I like Distinction a lot; in practice, though, I think Bordieu's reliance on contemporary French popular figures to help deliniate taste families and the social classes that go along with them end up making big chunks of the book hopelessly hidebound and tricky to cross-apply. Most of the discussions I've had around the Bourdieu have ended up in these dumb vortexes of "OK, would someone who liked Maurice Chevalier in France in the 60s be more like someone who liked Tom Cruise in the 80s or like someone who liked Tom Cruise in Eyes Wide Shut?" and I think that stops being productive very quickly. I've noticed the same problem in popular books that attempt a similar project, the most notable being Paul Fussell's Class which was written in the 80s and seems to take Topsiders and crocheted toilet paper roll covers as its

[phalangingle]

I agree with you on the characterization of dumb vortexes that tend to pop up around Bourdieu. The question should not be "would someone who like Maurice Chevalier in France in the 60s be more like someone who like Tom Cruise in the 80s or like someone who liked Tom Cruise in Eyes Wide Shut?" , I think the questions would have to be: would someone who liked Tom Cruise in the 80s also like Steven Segal, would they drink beer, soda, juice, or water while watching films. Is this person from the middle class, if so born in the working, middle, or upper class? If this person is from the middle class and then becomes working class will they like Vanilla Sky years later? What position does Tom Cruise occupy in the film industry: what types of films has he been in, high budget, indie, etc? What is the relation between the film industry and other media industries within the field of cultural production (film industry compared to the press, television, internet

[uberconfused]

Are you a sociologist?

[phalangingle]

Yes.

[zentiger]

Ooh! Finally I get to get in a question!

What part of the Prison Notebooks do you think is the most important, and why?

[knut_hamson]

Where have you been?

[max_ambiguity]

He generally appears if you post things about food.

[zentiger]

Mostly away from LJ for the last few months, really. Trying to work on the dissertation. I'm sure you remember how that goes.