http://litbits.tengrrl.com/2014/03/13/categorizing-the-things-in-tim-obriens-the-things-they-carried/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:44:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2 http://litbits.tengrrl.com/2014/03/13/categorizing-the-things-in-tim-obriens-the-things-they-carried/#comment-387 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:44:54 +0000 http://blogs.bedfordstmartins.com/litbits/?p=5779#comment-387 I like this listing thing. It seems related to the lesson I talk about the presentation of OBrien’s “Things” as a study in cultural materialism–that is, that the objects are artifacts of US Military culture, Vietnam combat troop subculture, and company/platoon/squad group identity. Then I ask them to come up with examples of other subcultures and groups with distinct identities and how the material artifacts support that identity.

]]> http://litbits.tengrrl.com/2014/03/13/categorizing-the-things-in-tim-obriens-the-things-they-carried/#comment-386 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:46:18 +0000 http://blogs.bedfordstmartins.com/litbits/?p=5779#comment-386 Awesome idea! I don’t think 25 is too many; it pushes students not to stop too soon. I love this.

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