Yancey begins her essay with mentioning Alaska, and of course I spent the remainder of my reading time devoted to seeing Sarah Palin’s name somewhere in the text. I was grossly disappointed by the sad lack of Palinisms within the text, and actually, I don’t know if I was disappointed by the text as a [...]
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ISO: Plural Commons
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Berlin, plural commons, yagelski, Yancey on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Consumerist Catch-22
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Consumerism, english, english studies, Houp, Toe Jam, Yancey on November 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In Yancey’s article, she quotes Sheldon Jackson’s 1892 explanation of Alaskan education:
It was to instruct a people, the greatest portion of whom are uncivilized, who need to be taught sanitary regulations, the laws of health, improvement of dwellings, better methods of house-keeping, cooking and dressing, more remunerative forms of labor, honesty, chastity, the sacredness of [...]
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