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We are multiple and fragmented, consisting of any number of conflicting beliefs, desires, fears, anxieties, and intentions.
As we grow up, we internalize through language the ideological conflicts and contradictions of our culture, each finding a way to “fit in” by finding a way to deny, both to ourselves and others, the fragmented experience of ourselves produced by the ambiguous language within which we live.

for school/ focused on deconstruction but some notes:

Language disseminates; infinite number of possible meanings; no center to our understanding of existence.

Language is constantly overflowing with implications, associations, and contradictions that reflect the implications, associations, and contradictions of the ideologies of which it is formed.

We exist within the language into which we were born into.

Hard to follow…. I don’t understand most of it

me asignaron un capítulo de este libro en la clase de teoría y crítica literaria, pero me está gustando tanto que siento que sería una falta de respeto no leerlo completo jiji así que tenganme paciencia que lo voy a leer en mi tiempo libre :]

it's a nice intro and really clear and easy to understand but to the point where it's too clear. why does the author feel the need to repeat herself so much it gets really annoying. but other than that it is interesting and i like that there are reading lists at the end for further reading (since this is really just an overview lol)