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"A Life And Death Dilemma", Christy Lester
"A Life And Death Dilemma", Christy Lester
Undergraduate Conference on Literature, Language, and Culture
No abstract provided.
“Looking Skyward: An Analysis Of ‘Augress’ By Michael Shewmaker”, Lydia Anvar
“Looking Skyward: An Analysis Of ‘Augress’ By Michael Shewmaker”, Lydia Anvar
Undergraduate Conference on Literature, Language, and Culture
No abstract provided.
“Son Of Man (Of Steel): Messianic Imagery In Zach Snyder’S Man Of Steel (2013)", Jordan Upton
“Son Of Man (Of Steel): Messianic Imagery In Zach Snyder’S Man Of Steel (2013)", Jordan Upton
Undergraduate Conference on Literature, Language, and Culture
No abstract provided.
From Page To Screen: The Rhetoric Of Tolkien And Jackson’S The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Nicole Motahari
From Page To Screen: The Rhetoric Of Tolkien And Jackson’S The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Nicole Motahari
Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference
No abstract provided.
Postcolonial Disability In Mohesen Makhmalbaf’S Kandahar, Sukshma Vedere
Postcolonial Disability In Mohesen Makhmalbaf’S Kandahar, Sukshma Vedere
Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies
Kandahar (2001), an Iranian film directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, details the journey of the protagonist, Nafas, to Kandahar to save her sister from committing suicide on the day of the solar eclipse. The film has gained recent attention by disability studies scholars for the representation of disability in Afghanistan; scholars have discussed the significance of prosthetics and international aid for the disabled in post-war zones of the Third World, but little has been said about disability as a postcolonial embodiment. I argue that Kandahar represents the postcolonial state as a disabled space both literally and metaphorically. It projects the veil …