The Critical Lede

In this episode we chat about another innovative qualitative methodological tool - the feminist quilt. Check out the article and our lively discussion!

In this episode, we talk with Ann Cvetkovich, author of Depression: A Public Feeling a book that combines the styles of narrative and the critical essay to explore how depression can be revisioned as a symptom of living in neoliberal capitalism. We discuss this and much more in an interview that's sure to get you thinking about the relationships between depression, academic life, and much more. This interview is also a companion to our interviews with both Lauren Berlant and Jack Halberstam.

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In this episode we discuss the lead article in the most recent issue of Qualitative Inquiry, "Wandering the Tactical: From Interview to Intraview" by by Kuntz and Presnall. This article really had us thinking about the politics and implications of the use of interview within ethnography. We highly recommend it!

Our interview with Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film author Kendall Phillips is perfect for a spooky listen! We talk about each of the directors, along with our current cultural fascination with zombies and how horror films can serve as culture critiques.

In our recent interview we talk about how psychoanalysis and Marxism both deal with "mother trouble." Why is the maternal absent from these philosophical traditions and how does that influence the process of scholarly inheritance and genealogy.

Check out our discussion of Rahul Mitra's "Living Foreignness/Community: Potentiality and “Ordinary” Performances of Being/Non-Being" in Text and Performance Quarterly.

New awesome book alert! Gaga Feminism is a must read for anyone remotely invested in queer theory and the construction of family. It's a really fast read directly (mainly) at a non-academic audience. We talk with Jack about that choice, why he chose Gaga/gaga and much more. Also, you should totally listen to "Telephone" - you know, to get into the right mindset.

This episode takes a look at Jordynn Jack's piece in WSIC: Gender Copia: Feminist Rhetorical Perspectives on an Autistic Concept of Sex/Gender. We discuss the performative nature of gender, the ways that autistic folks engage and mark sex and gender, and debate a bit about the whole thing.

Links mentioned:

* 3620 Podcast from USC Anneberg

Ever curious as to what your fellow academics read over the summer? In this episode we get to hear what others have been pursuing this past summer. If you would like to add your own - comment on this post and let us know!

 

For this episode we are replaying our 2011 interview with Dr. Bud Goodall about his book, Counter-Narrative. Bud passed away on August 24th of pancreatic cancer, and we wanted to take a moment to remember Bud as a mentor, friend, and supporter of the podcast.

If you would like to know more about Bud's journey through "Cancerland" please check out his blog. Also, a fund has been set up to support "The Bud" an award for Narrative Ethnography presented at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (QI) - please consider donating.