YEBIGA: Our culture has never had any issue with gay literature or feminist, or any identity.

That's right because ME culture Doesn't allow Feminists, no comment on Gays, ;-) Identity? as long as it's the right one in that particular place. If not, Well, E.g. Syria. Any issues are cured by the Sword or Noose in a public place, eh.

Apparently the ME, with the exception of Israel, doesn't produce any Humanitarian papers. Well I haven received any answers to that question, yet.

Squeers,

<<I've mainly tutored in English Literature ... no one I know proselytises, neither is the curriculum left-wing. Canonical literature, history etc. are simply made to compete with other cultural forms for academic consideration>>

ROFLMAO --now say that again without reading from the departmental teleprompter

For your edification I'll reprint a little something I added back on 13 January 2014, on another thread, re the teaching of English a major NSW university:

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<<Here are some recent examples:
1)"The Boat" by Nam Le is a collection of short stories from various locations around the globe. The lecturer zeroed in on one story which included the murder of a Chinese woman in a country town in Oz --the murder is only mentioned in about six lines of the story & in no way could be said to be even a [minor] theme, even of that one story-- yet the lectures and discussions around the book centred on this one story which was held up as exposing white Australians racism and xenophobia.(Abbott's refugee policy also got a mention)

2) The film "Japanese Story" a Japanese executive/tourist visits Oz and drowns in the outback. Four critiques were endorsed --every one of those critics presented the film as an exposé of white Australians racism and xenophobia (Abbott's refugee policy got a mention here too)

3) Another lecturer talking about the novel "Robinson Crusoe"saw great significance in the fact that Man Friday was portrayed as brown rather than African-black. According to her it was some sort of attempt to whiten things up. She was apparently unaware that the natives of the south Pacific were not African.

4)Another lecturer who had the name "doctor" as part of her title.Bemoaned the fact that Americans were still going on about the twin towers attack "It was outrageous". Yet she just loved to spruik American slavery, set Toni Morrison novels which usually include reference to slavery and cite W.E.B. Du Bois. She also professed that the British conquest of India was more destructive than any other--she obviously had no knowledge of the Muslim conquests. (she also commented on Abbotts refugee policy)

And I could add more...>>

Professor Obscuratus from the university of Post Oppression Studies has written a thesis detailing the continuous marginalisation and unrelenting ridicule of Ufologists. Citing numerous statistical data the Professor highlighted the total absence of any support for traumatised victims of alien abduction. " these poor people" the professor said, " who suffer the most unimaginable horrors and all their human rights violated are then further violated by our cruel ridicule, this has been going on for centuries and is symptomatic of our paternalistic culture."

The University of post oppression studies is planning a new faculty of ufology to commence in the new year.

Andrew Bolt has attracted condemnation after he chimed in to the argument, stating " these alien abduction stories are just attempts to extract some kind of financial compensation from tax payers - anyone can wake up and say they have been abducted." His statements may now be the subject of a discrimination hearing.

The ABCs QandA program will be featuring a detailed discussion on the subject - senior Politicians from all the parties are expected to be represented. The ABC refuses to invite Andrew Bolt on the grounds that he is a denialist.

What a circus!

YEBIGA,
That's very amusing.
On a more serious note, the implication of your position seems to be that we are above criticism, above self-reflection. To the extent that the humanities do focus on our failings, what's wrong with that? It needn't be self-destructive. I can assure you Australia's foreign policy is oblivious, basing its actions on the cynical manipulations of Western imperialism and the profit motive. If the humanities exercise any influence at all on our immoral activities, isn't that a good thing?

Squeers: If the humanities exercise any influence at all on our immoral activities, isn't that a good thing?

You see, that's where you are flying with the fairies. No--one in the General Public even knows about Humanities let alone what Humanities do, if they do anything at all. I know, Humanities is a world where you live & it's seems all important in your world &, to you, it seems that the world revolves around humanities.

A good analogy would be say a Women's Councillor at a Womans Shelter. She has been to Uni. been taught that all men are evil. She went to Uni. because she was abused. At the Women's Shelter she is surrounded by abused women, all her friends are abused women. Therefore her teaching has been proven correct. "all men are violent."

Another is, A Baptist Pastor comes to town in a lecture tour. He preaches that if you are not walking around waving your hands & screaming, "Praise Jesus" 24 hours a day you are not a Christian. Anybody who is not doing that is a Thief, Rapist, Drug Addicts, Murderer, Pornographer etc, etc. He spent 40 years as the N.S,W. Police Chaplin. His beat, Kings Cross. His Flock, Thieves, Rapists, Drug addicts, etc, etc. Therefore everybody is a Criminal etc & condemned to burn in the eternal flames of HELLLLLL...... It was a good laugh at the time.

Do you see where I'm coming from. The Humanities is only significant to people involved in the Humanities. No-one else. It has no influence on anything outside Uni. Most people watch ads on TV & once they are over couldn't tell you what the last ad was. Suma, suma.