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Subversion / Reversion: The deconstruction and reconstruction of the Western cultural narrative through a Native American idiom in Thomas King’s Green Grass, Running Water

By Dave | Published: February 27, 2010
In Thomas King’s Green Grass, Running Water, one of the many methods used to create a Native American narrative, rather than a Westernised one, is the radical re-versioning of Western-Christian mythology. In this essay I explore the power of destroying and recreating traditions, and the effect it has upon a westerner's euro-centric reading of the novel.
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Inside the world’s most annoying economic crisis. — By Joe Keohane — Slate Magazine

By Dave | Published: December 9, 2008
Inside the world’s most annoy­ing eco­nomic crisis. — By Joe Keo­hane — Slate Magazine . This is one of the most inter­est­ing art­icles I’ve read for a while. It’s about the argen­tine fin­an­cial crisis, which rather than being the com­plex house of cards that is affect­ing the rest of the world, is simply the res­ult [...]
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Taking a Stand

By Dave | Published: April 18, 2008
It’s good to see that some people are still pre­pared to take polit­ical action without look­ing to their government: Mean­while, South African dock work­ers are refus­ing to unload a ship­ment of arms from China destined for Zim­b­abwe. The South African Trans­port and Allied Work­ers Union said it did “not agree with the pos­i­tion of the [...]
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