tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235431266233602422.post5276657731408943405..comments2024-02-27T03:15:13.798-08:00Comments on Silver Goggles: Transcript: "Pangolin Bear?" "Just... Bear": Hybridity in Avatar: The Last Airbender @ Fantastic NarrativesJhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235431266233602422.post-89142263430992534392012-05-08T06:27:45.541-07:002012-05-08T06:27:45.541-07:00Naw, I think the tendency to whitewash is straight...Naw, I think the tendency to whitewash is straight up white supremacy since it's really unfair to assume white=default the way a significant part of ATLA fandom does. But I definitely see how polyculturalism, like multiculturalism, can be abused in favour of whitewashing. It's one of the things I've been working through for a while and I still have no real answers on how to address that. Hence why I'm going back to school, heh.<br /><br />I don't really draw much comparison between Republic City and any Western city, but rather to Hon Kong and Shanghai. There're a lot of really great things said about Republic City at the ATLA-Annotated Tumblr, if you're interested.Jhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235431266233602422.post-24979240431299315772012-05-08T05:01:44.900-07:002012-05-08T05:01:44.900-07:00a thought-provoking theoretical analysis. i'll...a thought-provoking theoretical analysis. i'll never look at pangolin-bears or aardvark-sloths the same way again! do you think perhaps the downside (or perhaps misuse) of this polycultural fluidity in Airbender, might explain (in part) the almost obsessive tendency to "racebend" its characters--where the normalization of the usually "other" allows some (from the movie to fanart) to imagine them as "white" in a society where "white" is the perceived normal/default? i'd be interested in reading any future observations you have on the new series Legend of Korra, as this shift from a steampunk to dieselpunk four kingdoms has certainly forged "an uncertain future" and a decided "demographic" shift: a lot more characters in this series seem to bend towards those "Appalachians," even if they don't sound like them, if you catch my drift...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3235431266233602422.post-8701554633339502972012-05-04T15:28:30.158-07:002012-05-04T15:28:30.158-07:00fantastic post, jha! I loved it.
~arvanfantastic post, jha! I loved it.<br /><br />~arvansgbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07990580902240019705noreply@blogger.com