December 15, 2000
'Postcolonial Studies' Seeks Scholars of the Toilet; Mexican Academic, Now Diplomat, Writes of How Presidents Were Handpicked
BOWLED OVER WITH IDEAS: The editors of Postcolonial Studies are risking snickers with a call for papers for a special issue, "The Toilet." Then again, with recent scholarly books on trash, dust, and merde, perhaps it's not too surprising that sanitation studies is next.
"The toilet is not simply a device for getting rid of bodily waste, but a key metaphor for modernity," explains Sanjay Seth, one of the journal's editors, by e-mail. "The toilet stands as a
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