tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13576198.post116465380459683188..comments2023-09-05T05:20:50.393-04:00Comments on second americano: weaver, weaving, wife: Greek? victorian? Manusamhita?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13576198.post-69862059622288498152007-07-22T08:06:00.000-04:002007-07-22T08:06:00.000-04:00The "weaver" -> "wife" thing is also mentioned in ...The "weaver" -> "wife" thing is also mentioned in the book "The Language Instinct" by Stephen Pinker.Renéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13033802541022986807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13576198.post-1164659844509763582006-11-27T15:37:00.000-05:002006-11-27T15:37:00.000-05:00to be honest, i thought it was (c) too when i firs...to be honest, i thought it was (c) too when i first read your post. not that that really makes sense.<BR/><BR/>anyway, i researched some of this for class last year when i was teaching The Odyssey and an of-sorts spin-off of The Odyssey about penelope. much is made of Penelope (quintessential wife) weaving and then secretly unweaving the shroud for odysseus' father all in an effort to be more faithful and wifely while presenting her suitors with an excuse suitably feminine, embodying a role somewhere between the married woman she considers herself to be and the single woman the suitors regard her as. there is also something in there about weaving being a communal female activity and so at once safe and subversive. i guess you don't get much more ancient and greek than the Odyssey. but it seems to me some of what i read links the weaving/wife connection to fairy tales and very old oral tradition -- so many fairy tales from so many cultures have weavers, weaving, and weaving plot devices at their center, and even when the story becomes unrecognizeable, it often still retains these weaving elements. unforunately, all of this is at school whereas today i am home, (theoretically) grading, but i will send you whatever i can find in the morning.Transient Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10313323030838183737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13576198.post-1164656652563377602006-11-27T14:44:00.000-05:002006-11-27T14:44:00.000-05:00I'm not clear on the topic of your lecture:(a) spi...I'm not clear on the topic of your lecture:<BR/><BR/>(a) spinning, i.e., Ken Mehlman did a good job spinning the election results?<BR/>(b) spinning, i.e., one part of the weaving process?<BR/>(c) spinning, i.e., a group exercise class involving music and stationary exercise bikes?<BR/>(d) spinning, i.e., the role of one of the three Fates?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com