http://recordingsurface.blogsome.com/2007/07/06/police-voice-subalterns/ Scratches, crackles, and interrupted takes Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:45:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://recordingsurface.blogsome.com/2007/07/06/police-voice-subalterns/#comment-168 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:28:10 +0100 http://recordingsurface.blogsome.com/2007/07/06/police-voice-subalterns/#comment-168 Well thanks. Glad you liked it. Well thanks. Glad you liked it.

]]> http://recordingsurface.blogsome.com/2007/07/06/police-voice-subalterns/#comment-167 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:34:40 +0100 http://recordingsurface.blogsome.com/2007/07/06/police-voice-subalterns/#comment-167 Nice, esp this: "The proper democratic voice operates by patience, deliberation, and compromise, while the subaltern voice tends toward impatience, rashness, intransigence, and spontaneity, often expressed through minor modes and minor media. Altering the voice of the subaltern to conform with the language of the state is a main task of democracy, and progressives often take this duty especially seriously." Nice, esp this: “The proper democratic voice operates by patience, deliberation, and compromise, while the subaltern voice tends toward impatience, rashness, intransigence, and spontaneity, often expressed through minor modes and minor media. Altering the voice of the subaltern to conform with the language of the state is a main task of democracy, and progressives often take this duty especially seriously.”

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