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<blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 8488300" data-attributes="member: 11"><p>The specific ways in which a text is problematic can be/frequently is as enlightening as the generic understanding that such problems were (more) common back then and critical analysis provides insight both on the specific assumptions within the context of that time and thinking about how those assumptions have and have not changed/evolved/manifested in new ways currently.</p><p></p><p>For example of the former, it is very common for Eurocentric idea of other cultures and ancient non-Euro civilizations as "backwards" or incapable of European achievements for at least the last 500 years. However, in the 1970s the notion of "ancient astronauts" became a very popular way to explain/explore the achievements of these non-white ancient civilizations because aliens doing it is somehow more acceptable than those peoples having a capability Europeans couldn't understand. Why this way at that time? (Well, I won't go into it - but reflecting on the specifics could tell us something about the 70s <em>and how</em> those ancient astronaut ideas still resonate in the discourse today.</p><p></p><p>Edit: As a comics scholar, who frequently writes about issues of race, gender, identity, and representation in superhero comics, I just thought I'd take a crack at the question, because the point of such work is not just to identify that something is problematic, but to think about it in multiple productive contexts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="el-remmen, post: 8488300, member: 11"] The specific ways in which a text is problematic can be/frequently is as enlightening as the generic understanding that such problems were (more) common back then and critical analysis provides insight both on the specific assumptions within the context of that time and thinking about how those assumptions have and have not changed/evolved/manifested in new ways currently. For example of the former, it is very common for Eurocentric idea of other cultures and ancient non-Euro civilizations as "backwards" or incapable of European achievements for at least the last 500 years. However, in the 1970s the notion of "ancient astronauts" became a very popular way to explain/explore the achievements of these non-white ancient civilizations because aliens doing it is somehow more acceptable than those peoples having a capability Europeans couldn't understand. Why this way at that time? (Well, I won't go into it - but reflecting on the specifics could tell us something about the 70s [I]and how[/I] those ancient astronaut ideas still resonate in the discourse today. Edit: As a comics scholar, who frequently writes about issues of race, gender, identity, and representation in superhero comics, I just thought I'd take a crack at the question, because the point of such work is not just to identify that something is problematic, but to think about it in multiple productive contexts. [/QUOTE]
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