tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235431266233602422.post4667780413097263455..comments2024-02-27T03:15:13.798-08:00Comments on Silver Goggles: On Permission And White WritersJhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235431266233602422.post-56975653243128037862012-09-07T10:29:37.483-07:002012-09-07T10:29:37.483-07:00I know, and anybody who knows the Judge Dee works ...I know, and anybody who knows the Judge Dee works knows they are mostly shorts and novels. I, however, knew nothing about the shorts and novels until I grew up; someone in my family, my father or grandfather, maybe an uncle, had collated newspaper clippings of the Judge Dee comics into a scrapbook. And that is what I grew up with. So I've always had a visual reference of Judge Dee.Jhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235431266233602422.post-47094168739516041412012-09-06T21:27:29.778-07:002012-09-06T21:27:29.778-07:00Great (and hilarious) post, but one little niggle:...Great (and hilarious) post, but one little niggle: while there may have been Judge Dee comics, van Gulik wrote short stories and novels about the character. <br /><br />But really, I liked this post a lot. I know this is going to be my link of choice when these discussions come up elsewhere. <br /><br />JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01544406500208399638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235431266233602422.post-87709250602647611662012-09-04T14:08:34.570-07:002012-09-04T14:08:34.570-07:00In his acknowledgments, Golden thanks American ant...In his acknowledgments, Golden thanks American anthropologist Liza Dalby, author of the book <i>Geisha</i>. This is an account of her experiences working as a geisha in Japan for two years. As someone who read Dalby before Golden, it was obvious to me how deeply indebted he was her work when it came to getting the details right.<br /><br />So at least he took the trouble to crib from a reliable source, right? Except I find myself left with the question, What did his novel really do to expand on the source material? Dalby's account is already fascinating without some wish-fulfillment fantasy grafted onto it.<br /><br />And that's all in addition to the controversy Jha talks about above.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235431266233602422.post-38714825038087252782012-09-04T10:03:59.527-07:002012-09-04T10:03:59.527-07:00Those fall under the Linguistics section of the De...Those fall under the Linguistics section of the Department of Multiculturalism. You will need the SL forms, coded according to geography and dialectal region. There are different forms! Some can get quite complicated: for example, you need SL-CHI *AND* SL-D-SHANGHAI, if you intend to use the Shanghainese dialect in your work. (There are further codes too, compartmentalized according to social standing or time period or what-have-you.) If your work is milti-lingual, add forms as necessary. There is, fortunately, no limit to the amount of languages.<br /><br />However, there is a $15 fee for each form you submit. Jhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235431266233602422.post-83799559246558559652012-08-23T10:36:36.365-07:002012-08-23T10:36:36.365-07:00When the writer intends to use a language, dialect...When the writer intends to use a language, dialect (topolect, sociolect, or whatever), language register, not their own, what documentation do you require to determine/review/evaluate the writer's competence in that language, dialect, and or register, and the relevance of using it to the characters, plot elements, setting, etc. of the story?<br /><br />Same question for rendering features of another language's grammar or structure into the writer's language, or conversely (eg to depict a non-native speaker of the language under consideration)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235431266233602422.post-73034705138426642172012-08-22T10:54:47.673-07:002012-08-22T10:54:47.673-07:00Ah, because the non-white male human was interacti...Ah, because the non-white male human was interacting on an intergalactic scale, Le Guin used MC-201(Incog), and she had to ALSO apply to the Department of Gender to fill out Form I-100. HOWEVER, standards have changed since then and were she to fill them out now, she'd be processed through several more committees and a whole branch dealing with intersex fluidity. I for one think she would find her application rejected on the grounds of Rigid Binarism. Jhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235431266233602422.post-29019361096761607452012-08-22T10:50:17.795-07:002012-08-22T10:50:17.795-07:00After Memoirs came out, the geisha that Arthur Gol...After Memoirs came out, the geisha that Arthur Golden interviewed (and agreed to protect the identity of, which he didn't do) came forward with her own autobiography that showed a VERY different picture from what Memoirs depicted. Seeing as it also pushed forward a fascination with geisha in North America, furthering the stereotype of Asian women as sexually available and submissive, I'd count it a giant honking failure as far as multiculturalism goes.Jhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235431266233602422.post-47165975808389438562012-08-22T09:42:38.047-07:002012-08-22T09:42:38.047-07:00Did Ursula K. Le Guin use a different form when ap...Did Ursula K. Le Guin use a different form when applying to write intersex aliens, or non-white male humans?Robert T. Northruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18314307636960888400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235431266233602422.post-86472769993252361852012-08-22T09:35:18.439-07:002012-08-22T09:35:18.439-07:00I've heard Memoirs of a Geisha bounced around ...I've heard Memoirs of a Geisha bounced around as an example of a white male successfully writing "outside his ethnicity" and gender, but I don't know whether that's successful in terms of accuracy and capturing the experience, or just successful in terms of selling lots of copies and movie rights. (With lots of Chinese actresses portraying Japanese characters in the movie!)Robert T. Northruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18314307636960888400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235431266233602422.post-55967287640931390102012-07-18T10:28:25.769-07:002012-07-18T10:28:25.769-07:00this may be the best thing ever.this may be the best thing ever.sgbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07990580902240019705noreply@blogger.com