Bell Hooks, "Eating the Other: Desire and Resistance" seems to defy most of what Adorno and Horkheimer discussed, in regards to sameness. Hooks talks a lot about the desire for the Other and they way in which we are coded to identify the Other through race and ethnicity. One of the big points that ties into the desire for this Other is through sexual pleasure. Prior to reading this article I hadn't put much thought into the idea of sexual encounters with another race and what that truly means. What I did know, is that in high school girls would talk about other girls on campus who liked African American boys and it would always be a distinct attraction these girls had for these boys. There were always names thrown around, all in fun of course, including "Jungle Fever".
"The direct objective was not simply to sexually possess the Other; it was to be changed in some way by the encounter." (Hooks 1992, 309)
Hooks brings this back to my high school experience with girls and their differing attractions to boys. This isn't just my high school that calls out these girls. Movies, film, television, music, and so forth all portray this myth, that's become more and more of a catch phrase, saying once you go black you never go back, just one example. Is this all based on the notion of a sexual experience with a black boy being "rebellious", relating to Hooks idea of white supremacy being thrown away?
One example I found, that is more on the satirical side, is from the film Borat where he is so determined to have a sexual encounter with a blonde movie star, Pamela Anderson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftY2p0L8F-Q
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