Title: Notes from the periphery
First published: 1995
Description: Notes from the Periphery attempts to examine the dynamics of marginalization and define the factors that have caused certain texts to be labeled as marginal while others are considered central and thus crucial in maintaining and perpetuating mainstream cultural values.

Within the Western European tradition, Aristotelian thought has played a crucial role in staking out the center (i.e., the locus of power and authority) for certain groups and relegating others to the periphery; and it is not without significance that today's neo-conservative thinkers have adopted Aristotelian tactics. Thus, Castillo outlines the basic tenets of Aristotelian thought and traces the continuing influence of Aristotelian attitudes in the canon debate.

She then goes on to analyze writers or historical figures who were labeled as fanatics, diagnosed as mad or sexually depraved, or dismissed as quaint regional or ethnic curiosities.
Subjects: Theory, History and criticism, Women and literature, Literature and society, Intellectual life, American literature, Minorities in literature, Marginality, Social, in literature, Canadian literature, Canon (Literature), Canadian literature, history and criticism, American literature, history and criticism, Marginality, social, History
Places: United States, North America
LC classification: PS25 .C38 1995