The semester almost approaches. There are a great many tasks to be done and achieved. Time, flying so slowly but somehow swiftly, makes a breakthrough during the process of my thesis writing and the cultivation of my English abilities. Hard to explain, truly. Who may presage the problems in terms of academic way of this gigantic change? I surely thanks my adviser for everything in me for whomever she shows consideration. At this age of mine, lots of problems formed emerge in conflict with my personality, angel and demon, no longer accompany naivete, but stir by themselves to be merged in common.
Reclaiming the Southwest
In “Reclaiming the Southwest,” the term southwest is more than what we imagine. The southwest is not merely confined to the concept of space since the significance of the term southwest can break away from the linear time of Japanese American Interment narrative as it reconfigures the Southwest as a traumatic place. For instance, the sign is a way to broach the metaphorical meaning as a fixed concept. When we think of a sign, the idea of signifier is often to direct us a certain metaphorical significance or symbol derived from the cultural context or historical background. Accordingly, the term Southwest may conventionally signifies an isolated space from other traumatic events for some ethnic groups. Or the Southwest is limitedly viewed through the gazes from the tourists as well as under the gaze of hegemonic power. However, the article mentions that “arrowhead,” the ancient object remained by the Indian warrior, can be a portal of the association with the Indian groups. In Yosh...
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