Tag: Reviews
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Hard to Stomach: Discomfort and Dismissal in Histories of Cannibalism
Ailsa Fraser confronts the troubling history of cannibalism, challenging the resistance from historians to touch the taboo subject.
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A Colonial Reading of Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Bram Stoker’s novel is widely known as one of the most seminal pieces of vampire literature. Kate Phillips draws our attention to the colonial undertones of the story and how this is configured through the shadowy figure of Dracula himself.
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Power Dynamics in Plautus’ Mostellaria (The Ghost)
Titus Maccius Plautus, a Roman dramatist, created influential Latin comedies with fast-paced, witty retorts. Gilbert Edwards explores the interesting dynamics at play in his comedy Mostellaria.
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When Mothers Hire Mothers: Oblique Maternal Identities in The Help
Tate Taylor’s film The Help has been discredited for exaggerating historical tropes, but served as a window into the complex relationship between African American maids and their white employers in the American South. Harry Fry analyzes The Help to discuss the racial and employment dynamics impacted ideas of motherhood.
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