clarification of Plushenko trajectory

[Anne Fisher]

Hello seelangers,

I got one interesting response to my query about Plushenko's routine  
suggesting that SEELANGS might not be the best forum for inquiry into  
the reasons skaters (of whatever nationality) choose their routine.

Lest it seem that my question was wholly facetious, let me explain  
that my interest in Plushenko's routine comes not just from the gold  
lame but from the discussion his routine provokes about Russian  
images of masculinity and gendered sport performance - or at least  
that's the discussion it provoked when I showed it in my class when  
we were going over the "sports" cultural section of Начало  
(Nachalo).

regards,

annie fisher

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Anne O. Fisher
Visiting Assistant Professor and Chair
Russian Studies
The College of Wooster
afisher at wooster.edu
330-263-2166
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"The academy responds to the demands of disciplines and faculty. It  
is a culture that cherishes independence and freedom. And it is a  
culture seriously out of touch with much of America." - from an op-ed  
piece on higher education in the New York TImes, October 11, 2006




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