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The Performative Nature of Knowledge

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Liminal Traces

Part of the book series: Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education ((TRANS,volume 72))

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Just before I left home for the United States, you told me again and again to always remember where I was from. In fact, you warned me. But to be quite honest with you, I never really understood what you meant. Why, after all, would I ever want to forget from where I came? Suffice to say, your gentle warnings never made much sense to me.

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Rodriguez, A. (2011). The Performative Nature of Knowledge. In: Chawla, D., Rodriguez, A. (eds) Liminal Traces. Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education, vol 72. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-591-8_6

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