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February 4, 2016: Is This Weimar?, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2016

February 4, 2016: Is This Weimar?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Is This Weimar?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 9, 2015: The Spirit Of Doom, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2015

December 9, 2015: The Spirit Of Doom, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Spirit of Doom“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


August 1, 2015: What We Can Learn From Fifty Shades Of Grey, Bruce Ledewitz Aug 2015

August 1, 2015: What We Can Learn From Fifty Shades Of Grey, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ What We Can Learn from Fifty Shades of Grey“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


January 22, 2012: Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2012

January 22, 2012: Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 31, 2010: Why I Wish No One Had Gone To The Stewart/Colbert Rally, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2010

October 31, 2010: Why I Wish No One Had Gone To The Stewart/Colbert Rally, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Why I Wish No One Had Gone to the Stewart/Colbert Rally“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 17, 2010: Woody Allen’S Hell, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2010

October 17, 2010: Woody Allen’S Hell, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Woody Allen’s Hell“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


May 19, 2010: Steve Martin Sings The Blues, Bruce Ledewitz May 2010

May 19, 2010: Steve Martin Sings The Blues, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Steve Martin Sings the Blues“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


January 25, 2010: What About Pedro?, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2010

January 25, 2010: What About Pedro?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “What About Pedro?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


January 19, 2010: Dances With Wolves Meets The Matrix, Bruce Ledewitz Jan 2010

January 19, 2010: Dances With Wolves Meets The Matrix, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Dances with Wolves Meets The Matrix“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


A 'Ho New World: Raced And Gendered Insult As Ersatz Carnival And The Corruption Of Freedom Of Expression Norms, Lolita Buckner Inniss Jan 2009

A 'Ho New World: Raced And Gendered Insult As Ersatz Carnival And The Corruption Of Freedom Of Expression Norms, Lolita Buckner Inniss

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Carnivalization, a concept developed by literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin and later employed in broad social and cultural contexts, is the tearing down of social norms, the elimination of boundaries, and the inversion of established hierarchies. It is the world turned upside down. Ersatz carnival is a pernicious, inverted form of carnival, one wherein counter-discourses propounded by outsiders are appropriated by elites and frequently redeployed to silence and exclude those same outsiders. The use of the slur "'ho" by gangsta' rappers in the performance of songs that articulate a vision of urban culture is an example of carnivalization. Thus, when words …