Pronouns for an apocalyptic future: asymmetrical terms for a new era

Tapuya

Juno Salazar Parreñas¹ 

[1] Cornell University;

关键词: feminist science studies;    animacies;    strong programme;    strongmen;    shifters;   

DOI  :  10.1080/25729861.2021.1989849

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Pronouns, particularly gendered pronouns, convey how apocalyptic futures are understood for differently positioned subjects. The “we” is not always about embracing a commons but can also be about extending exclusions. Drawing from social linguistics and the concept of shifters, science and technology studies and the ideas of symmetry, asymmetry, as well as the author’s ethnographic research at two orangutan rehabilitation centers on Borneo in present day Malaysia, this paper highlights the power of pronouns in imagining whose lives are at risk or endangered in a pending apocalypse, including the present Sixth Age of Extinction and popular fears about the end of the world.

【 授权许可】

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