tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095307425394826404.post8334576767552945979..comments2022-09-11T01:09:25.708-07:00Comments on Latin America in Theory: the avanzadaeringzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13838811761891303076noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095307425394826404.post-35724625968045390782012-10-17T12:06:30.414-07:002012-10-17T12:06:30.414-07:00I was also very interested in Richard's use of...I was also very interested in Richard's use of Benjamin in the first chapter, even the use of the word "homage" in her title of the chapter is very telling as to her relationship with his work. Your question in relation to "redemptive history" is not something that had occurred to me and would be an excellent subject to discuss in class.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358816293940845265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095307425394826404.post-44490241635502766682012-10-16T21:53:28.239-07:002012-10-16T21:53:28.239-07:00I agree with Guillermo's comment. I think Rich...I agree with Guillermo's comment. I think Richard problematizes these binaries and gives that alternative space to rethink things, much like we saw with "El etnografo," is there a third option we aren't considering in larger discourses. Vincent Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584341019518553794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095307425394826404.post-57994472891330276292012-10-16T16:40:45.732-07:002012-10-16T16:40:45.732-07:00I'm intrigued by your implication that a work ...I'm intrigued by your implication that a work can exist beyond the binary. Be fragmented and collective, deconstructive and totalizing. To me, Richard's book operates on that third space as she gives an unifying voice to the forgotten fragments (as Valdés calls it, a "tribu").Guillermohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13149335151383282710noreply@blogger.com