[lbo-talk] "Theory's Empire," an anti-"Theory" anthology

[Carrol Cox]

Jenny didn't say the feminist movement was maoist; she said
(paraphrasing and generalizing) that people disturbed by the '60s, by
feminists, etc used "Maoist" (Mothers of Mao) as a geneeral shriek of
dismay at all that was happening. There was a bit to it evenA black grad
student at ISU, who organized some immensely clever and effective
marches for open housing in Normal once said to me while we were
chatting on a cold March '67 day on the quad, "The only thing between me
and the Man is the People's Libeeration Army." The PLA was one of the
sources of our courage. It made one feel that perhaps victory was not
impossible.

Carrol

shag wrote:
> 
> question:
> 
> I'm not sure how orientalism is being used here? i was trying to think of
> the specific ways the feminist movement was Maoist and the only thing I can
> think of, right now (tired), is Susan Griffin's claim that Maoism
> manifested itself in the form of rejecting and shaming women who appeared
> to be successful. So, if you wrote a book, the idea, she claimed, was to
> step down and refuse to allow yourself to become a leader of the movement.
> Were there other examples of same and, if so, how is this orientatalist.
> the answer's probably obvious and i'm just too bushed to figure it out! :)
> 
> tx
> 
> At 01:44 PM 5/29/2008, Jenny Brown wrote:
> >I wouldn't accuse the Panthers of orientalism, nor would I make that
> >accusation of the sections of the feminist movement that found Mao useful.
> 
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