Kumquats: A Deconstruction

[eredien]

Note: I am sleep deprived, stressed, insane. In other words, thesising and having an actually fun time of it. Revised proposal came out well. This is my revenge, in which I de-stress.

Kumquats: A Deconstruction

"...and upon drawing nigh to the fruitseller, I said: Have you any kumquats today? He replied, in a low voice: We cannot sell kumquats to the stranger in our town. I asked: How does one become a not-stranger? He replied: By eating a kumquat." (Thingamajig, p. 30)

Thingamajig's The Juice of Languages contextualizes the role of fruit in the writings of disinfranchised lesbian seventh-day-adventist birdlimers in sub-saharan Africa admirably. Its radical deconstruction of fruits, especially the jackfruit and kumquat, as symbols of Ben Jonson's papist tendencies before his falling-out with Inigo Jones; and the comparisons between apples and Rush Limbaugh's shock-tactic radio shows, especially, are excellent. However, I feel that there is something lacking in this analysis.
Why is Thingamajig using the symbol of the kumquat, as opposed to, for example, skiing?
How should I know? Frankly, I don't care. I'm going to go to bed.

THE END

Comments

[raki.livejournal.com]

The answer is:
Skiing occupies a different symbolic function to that of kumquats. ;-)

Good luck with the thesis.