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interpellate [ɪnˈtɜːpɛˌleɪt] vb
(Law / Parliamentary Procedure) (tr) Parliamentary procedure (in European legislatures) to question (a member of the government) on a point of government policy, often interrupting the business of the day [from Latin interpellāre to disturb, from inter- + pellere to push] interpellation n interpellator n How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I want to suggest that this work once again interpellates a specific kind of viewer: that segment of the white population plagued by guilt. Paradise's women reveal the "scraps, patches and rags of daily life" that, in the production of narrating the nation, Bhabha explains, "must be repeatedly turned into the signs of a coherent national culture, while the very act of the narrative performance interpellates a growing circle of national subjects. Although Birdie's mother is not passing as Jewish herself, she interpellates Birdie in Yiddish, even if "meshugga nebbish" does not make much sense as a term of affection. |
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