Department of English, University of Louisville Phone: (502)852-6770 or (502)852-6801. Fax: (502)852-4182. On the Olympics and class: I agree w/ Potter Palmer, but I have two supplements: 1) the class lines were also drawn along body type and skating style, w/ Harding as the "athletic" but "ungraceful" one and Kerrigan as the more ideally "feminine." It was convenient for this narrative that Kerrigan was thinner. But then 2) here in KY, at least, there was a backlash--the public began to favor Harding as someone who "worked for what she got" and who was, in effect, a "self-made woman," rather than a child of privilege. Just at the moment that it seemed the Kerrigan image was backfiring, I began to hear about her playing hockey with her brothers, and I heard at least one report mentioning that she was the daughter of a welder. Interesting how fast images can be reshaped, or at least revised, in a postmodern context. I guess this has to do w/ the fact that both women are, in media, simulacra anyway. bitnet tbbyer01@ulkyvm; internet [log in to unmask] Thomas B. Byers Department of English/University of Louisville Louisville KY 40292