Comments on: The Nacirema Dream http://www.yvonnegraphy.com/2008/02/14/the-nacirema-dream/ yvonne is a nerd for the racial justice movement Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:08:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: yvonnegrapher http://www.yvonnegraphy.com/2008/02/14/the-nacirema-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-18 yvonnegrapher Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:22:37 +0000 http://www.yvonnegraphy.com/2008/02/14/the-nacirema-dream/#comment-18 I started this post with a conceit that the story of the mafia in the U.S. was like the American Dream, in reverse. But, after linking it to many disparate sources and strands, I see that La Cosa Nostra is actually on the forefront of changes that capital is making, and the country as result. We're all moving towards the model of gangster capitalism, to some extent. We're all atomized, little franchises, branding ourselves, trying to break out of the role of being a "shortie" to ultimately land as the CEO kingpin. It's like the American Dream in slow motion, or fast forward. The reference to Horace Miner never worked out totally, did it? I was going to make a stronger connection, but got absorbed by the story of the mob. And, a good story it is, isn't it? I miss <a href="http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/" rel="nofollow">the Sopranos</a>. I started this post with a conceit that the story of the mafia in the U.S. was like the American Dream, in reverse. But, after linking it to many disparate sources and strands, I see that La Cosa Nostra is actually on the forefront of changes that capital is making, and the country as result. We’re all moving towards the model of gangster capitalism, to some extent. We’re all atomized, little franchises, branding ourselves, trying to break out of the role of being a “shortie” to ultimately land as the CEO kingpin. It’s like the American Dream in slow motion, or fast forward.

The reference to Horace Miner never worked out totally, did it? I was going to make a stronger connection, but got absorbed by the story of the mob. And, a good story it is, isn’t it? I miss the Sopranos.

]]> By: mike http://www.yvonnegraphy.com/2008/02/14/the-nacirema-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-17 mike Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:18:57 +0000 http://www.yvonnegraphy.com/2008/02/14/the-nacirema-dream/#comment-17 Reading the title, I thought this post was going to be about Miner's <a href="http://www.msu.edu/~jdowell/miner.html" rel="nofollow">Body Ritual among the Nacirema</a>, which is interesting but unrelated. Reading the title, I thought this post was going to be about Miner’s Body Ritual among the Nacirema, which is interesting but unrelated.

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