[lit-ideas] Re: Reading Lolita in Tehran
- From: John McCreery <mccreery@xxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 19:27:15 +0900
On 2004/04/03, at 19:20, Omar Kusturica wrote:
> Lolita would seem like a bit strange choice of book to
> serve as a tool of women's liberation. Well, let a
> thousand flowers blossom.
Indeed. Therein lies the fascinating mystery of the title, which
attracted my intention. And what Afrisi was up to in reading _Lolita_
with her students and now writing about that reading in her book is
only very crudely approximated by trying to imagine _Lolita_ as "a
tool of women's liberation."
John L. McCreery
The Word Works, Ltd.
55-13-202 Miyagaya, Nishi-ku
Yokohama, Japan 220-0006
Tel 81-45-314-9324
Email mccreery@xxxxxxx
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