I don't think even your professor could complain in this case, as the neo-Pagans in this case are, themselves, Greek ;)
As for "appropriation of voice," it does make me nervous. There's something a little frightening about saying that ideas can't be allowed to cross cultures. Ideas have always crossed cultures, always mixed, fused, changed forms in transit.
It frightens me that Western ideas can cross the boundary, but no ideas are allowed to come back the other way -- no one ever worries that Western Anglo voices are "appropriated".
In practical effect, those who worry about "appropriation of voice" seem to want a culture where Western Anglo culture remains intact, while exporting those ideas to others. After all, if we can't borrow ideas from others, it means we have to come up with something totally original, or stick with what we have.
How different is that, in practical effect, than Victorian England's view of a white culture that had remain pure, and be imposed on others.
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Date: 2005-11-22 08:56 am (UTC)As for "appropriation of voice," it does make me nervous. There's something a little frightening about saying that ideas can't be allowed to cross cultures. Ideas have always crossed cultures, always mixed, fused, changed forms in transit.
It frightens me that Western ideas can cross the boundary, but no ideas are allowed to come back the other way -- no one ever worries that Western Anglo voices are "appropriated".
In practical effect, those who worry about "appropriation of voice" seem to want a culture where Western Anglo culture remains intact, while exporting those ideas to others. After all, if we can't borrow ideas from others, it means we have to come up with something totally original, or stick with what we have.
How different is that, in practical effect, than Victorian England's view of a white culture that had remain pure, and be imposed on others.