The "eternal triangle" of gender, race, and socioeconomic class has informed literary studies for a long time now, but it is generally accepted that gender and race get more critical attention. John Guillory gives the following explanation: "for while it is easy enough to conceive of a self-affirmative racial or sexual identity, it makes very little sense to posit an affirmative lower-class identity, as such an identity would have to be grounded in the experience of deprivation per se."
I'm trying to consider what it means to reject the idea that a working class identity is grounded in deprivation without romanticizing poverty. For now, though, I will affirm the happy events in Franklinton this week and leave the rest for my dissertation...
*celebrating Junior's birthday with our amazingly supportive family at St. John's
*kids on spring break riding their bikes and enjoying the sun
*breaking ground at the 123 community garden this Saturday
And so much more to look forward to this summer!
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