RE: memetics of the heroine

From: Vincent Campbell (v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk)
Date: Thu May 10 2001 - 10:06:09 BST

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>>Following this, comes my other question- what does 'memetically
inscribed'
>>actually mean anyway?

        <I am using inscription in the general sense of inscription
culturelle, in
> which 'literature' includes (putatively) any trace écrite of human
> interaction, and text, whether as individual object or as rumeur mondiale,
> is cultural inscription.>
>
        In one sense this depends on whether one views texts as memes (or
memeplexes) themselves or reflective of memes in culture- some would say the
former, some the latter, others both, and some neither! Cultural
inscription is reasonable IMHO.
>
        <... seeing them, I suppose, rather as
> the mice in The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy saw Arthur Dent's
> brain.>
>
        Surprising, perhaps, how many people into memes are familiar with
Douglas Adams.

Vincent

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