Tag: Review
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Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Slavery: Contending with the Inhumane
Written by Justin Biggi. Video game developer Ubisoft has received praise for the historical accuracy of its popular ‘Assassin’s Creed’ series. However, as with many other forms of popular media, the issue of slave ownership – a well-documented aspect of the Ancient Greek world – is heavily diluted for its audience.
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Review: Goodbye, My Havana, Anna Veltfort – A Saga of Memories, Idealism, and Undying Love
Written by Lingxiao “Linda” Gao. Anna Veltfort’s book, Goodbye, My Havana: The Lift of a Gringa in Revolutionary Cuba, is both extremely detailed and expressive. Through its use of primary sources, it works both as a piece history writing and history-making.
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The Female Body, Discipline, and Liberation: A Foucauldian Reading of Ghost in the Shell’s Museum Scene and AKB48’s Heavy Rotation
Written by Lingxiao “Linda” Gao. The 1995 Japanese cyberpunk anime film, Ghost in the Shell, and AKB48’s 2011 song, Heavy Rotation, can be read through a Foucauldian lens.
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Bridgerton Review
Written by Jenn Gosselin. Bridgerton is the newest Netflix show taking the world by storm. Framed as a Regency style Gossip Girl, Jenn Gosselin takes a look at the enormous popularity of the show.
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Greg Jenner’s Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity
Written by Melissa Kane. Greg Jenner’s most recent book covers the history of celebrity. By juxtaposing historical examples alongside the contemporary, he encourages us to reconsider our own notions of celebrity and its accompanying culture.
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‘Awful and Lovely’: Bettany Hughes discusses her recent publication – ‘Venus and Aphrodite: History of a Goddess’ – with Daisy Dunn
Written by Hazel Atkinson. Bettany Highes’ latest book discusses the history of Aphrodite and Venus. In a recent talk, what did she have to say about representations of the goddess?
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Review: Ratcatcher
Written by Sophie Comninos. Lynne Ramsay’s 1999 film, Ratcatcher, offers a humanised view of life in the tenement flats of 1970s Glasgow.
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Derry Girls: A comedic view into the recent past
Written by Mhairi Ferrier. Derry Girls is an immensely popular show set during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, but how does it manage to blend recent history and comedy so well? And how does this carve a path for future representation of the Troubles in the media?
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