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[d_aulnoy]

You know, I've never liked that Freud.  But during a conversation with vschanoes, I realized he'd be the perfect one to include in a discussion of doubled others. 

So I looked for my copy of "The Uncanny."

And I looked for my copy of "The Uncanny."

And I looked for my copy of "The Uncanny."

And I looked for my copy of "The Uncanny."

And I looked for my copy of "The Uncanny."

For two fecking hours, while on deadline. 

I was right to hate Freud.

But I am still filled with a grudging admiration for Murphy, given that when I found the essay, finally, it had mysteriously doubled ....

Yep, that's right.  A copy of the essay (the essay about dopplegangers) that I don't remember making appeared alongside it. 

Uncanny?  Or just ... my luck?

Comments

[canonfire.livejournal.com]

It seems lucky at first, but then it kills the essay and replaces it until it finds a new essay to stalk.

Query for Theory!

[circe-pleading.livejournal.com]

I'm working on preparing a sound theory basis for my masters thesis work -- looking at post WWII US kitchens, housewives, the advertising, the conversion from cooking real food to "preparing/reheating" being acceptable as a woman and primary caretaker. I'm looking at advertising and cookbooks and obviously the folklore approach of personal experience with mama's home cooking.

I suspect you'd be great at theory for this -- the woman as caretaker and gender and sexuality in the kitchen in the post WWII through feminism through backlash today a la Michael Polan/slow food/organics and farming and megatheocorportocracy...

I'm at karmstev at gmail. com

Many thanks in advance! (Every one loves to procrastinate .. my room mate has me reading Brouillard and some Foucault and I'm stomping through the Feminist Mystique and The Second Sex and hopefully some Sartre (I read original French just fine, if that makes a difference....)

Re: Query for Theory!

[circe-pleading.livejournal.com]

PS that is so uncanny!

Freud is TRICKSY like that. Not to be trusted.

Re: Query for Theory!

[vschanoes.livejournal.com]

You might want to look at the work of Christine Delphy.

Re: Query for Theory!

[circe-pleading.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I will investigate.

[chrissie-m.livejournal.com]

Oooh, spooky!

But sadly has reminded me of the hours I spent looking for just one of the FOUR different editions of Abrams' Glossary that I know I own. I could not find a single one, but I did find FIVE copies of the 3rd edition of Everything's an Argument.

I'm thinking transmutation?

[d-aulnoy.livejournal.com]

Murphy.

ALWAYS Murphy.