Dear Cynthia,
I understood your point about the importance of Stein's lesbianism for a
proper understanding of her work, but I don't understand your last phrase
about "Self as Actor rather than as Object." Could you say a little more
about this so I can get your point? If you could make your point with an
example from "Lifting Belly" or any other Stein text, that would be
especially helpful. Though I've known for years that Stein's "cows" are
supposed to be orgasms, I thought the reminders of specific passages in
the Stendahl quote contributed by Jessica were particularly compelling.
Thanks,
Ben Greenberg
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 19:56:53 -0500
From: "Cynthia A. Burton" <caburton@umich.edu>
To: stein-l@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Re: Lifting Belly
I believe that they were coy private references/reverances and also joyful
(although encoded) public acclamations of the physical manifestations of
the relationship between herself and Alice B. I am, in fact, not sure
that Stein can be read/appreciated fully without an
awareness/acknowledgement of her identity as a lesbian, politically,
emotionally, physically, socially, intellectually, or without an awareness
of her consciousness of Self as Actor rather than as Object.
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