> At least they call a devil by its proper name, though its not clear if they
> mean the devilish difficulties of an immature technology, or the devilish
> intentions of agendas to re-make humanity in the image of some people's
> machines.
Jose Limon wrote an ethnography of the Mexican/Hispanic peoples of
south west Texas along the Rio Grande border, entitled "Dancing with the
devil" - positing that the devil is our shadow projected on those
artifacts/others of culture from which we've experienced marginalization.
at the same time Mexican/Hispanic women used the representation of the
devil in order to resist the marginalization they experienced from the men
of their own culture.
we are our devil.
phillip
phillip white pwhite who-is-at carbon.cudenver.edu
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