For next week, we’re reading Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel. Although it was written in 2001, it takes place in 1905, a time much more similar to the worlds depicted in our other readings so far this semester.
One topic you might consider in your post for Tuesday is in what ways does Nottage’s play depict a similar world for women? In what ways is it different, and how do you account for those differences–that is, why is another author’s imagined world different than the imagined world in Intimate Apparel?
Another topic you might consider has to do with genre: what effect does it have on your reading that this is a play? You might think about how it affects your reading, but also how it conveys information that a narrator usually conveys. How do you know what you know differently than when you’re reading a narrated story? In what ways does that affect your interaction with the text and your understanding of it?
If there is another topic you would like to consider, please do, but remember for any post, please adhere to our blogging guidelines.
Remember, also, that later in the week we will be commenting on these posts. If you would like to ask a question or present an issue in your post for commenters to address, please do.
I am having trouble opening the reading from CUNY library system. Is there another way to find the reading?
Hi SIbel,
What seems to be the trouble? If you go to the library page and do a search for the book, do you find it? If you do find it, click on the one marked Electronic Resource, then click on NYCCT. Do you get that far? If so, you should be able to click on it to open in a new window, and then read each act. At some point early in the process, you might be prompted for your library bar code. It starts with 22477. Be sure your ID is activated with the library so you can access the library system off campus.
In the meanwhile, I’ll look to see if I can get a permalink to the text.
Yes, I did put in my CUNY ID bar code and I was able to find the electronic source. When I click on it, another window appears that says Alexander Street Press Authorization Login where it requires me to sign in with a code. I wonder if anyone else had trouble or is it just me?
Thank You
I am having trouble with the link for the e resource book through the library. Someone let me know if they are able to log in please.
I’m having the same problem.
Thanks, everyone. I’ve reached out to the library for their assistance. I’ve retrieved the ebook myself, but I’m trying to figure out how best to advise you. In the meanwhile, I’ll post the PDF versions I saved so you can get started with the reading.
Look on our Readings page for the links.