"Spivak has a mind like a searchlight, yet she works at Mozartian speed."

— Choudhury, Uttara


Date
June 26, 2012
Metaphor
"Spivak has a mind like a searchlight, yet she works at Mozartian speed."
Metaphor in Context
Spivak has a mind like a searchlight, yet she works at Mozartian speed. She has written over 17 books including In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics, Outside in the Teaching Machine, The Spivak Reader, Death of a Discipline and An Aesthetic Education in the Era of Globalization.

She is currently writing her memoirs and working on a book about American sociologist and civil rights activist, W.E.B Du Bois.
Categories
Provenance
Posted to Facebook by Mrinalini Chakravorty
Citation
Uttara Choudhury, "Star Indian Professor Gayatri Spivak Wins $630,000 Kyoto Prize," firstpost.com (June 26, 2012). <Link>
Date of Entry
06/27/2012

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.