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Images Re-VuesThis article sets out from the engraved illustration of the womb in Johann Ludwig Remmelin’s Cum Deo or Catoptrum microcosmicum (1619), focusing in particular on an image in which a mythological figure represented as a female head with serpentine hair is
Sara Petrella
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Civility, honour and male aggression in early modern English jestbooks
Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract This article discusses the comical representation of inter‐male violence within early modern English jestbooks. It is based on a rigorous survey of the genre, picking out common themes and anecdotes, as well as discussing their reception and sociable functions. Previous scholarship has focused on patriarchs, subversive youths and impoliteness.
Tim Somers
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Alexa’s Monstrous Agency: The Horror of the Digital Voice Assistant
LateralFirst released by Amazon in 2014, the digital voice assistant Alexa allows users to connect and automate their smart home devices through the sound of their voice. Alexa’s automation of domestic spaces comes, however, with its own set of anxieties.
Nuno Galego Marques Atalaia +1 more
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores baby farming in the western regions of late imperial Russia, framing it as a childcare practice of the lower‐classes – a form of crèche for working mothers. The article delves into the public discourse surrounding baby farming among the educated strata and contrasts it with how this practice was viewed by the lower ...
Ekaterina Oleshkevich
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Notes on Cool: The Temporal Politics of Friendly Monsters and the E-waste Aesthetic
NANO, 2015 Notes on Cool: The Temporal Politics of Friendly Monsters and the E-waste Aesthetic by Sabine LeBel- nanocrit.com. Two compelling examples of e-waste, with the aim to educate and inform, albeit using different visual tactics than Burtynsky or Hugo, are ...
Sabine LeBel
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Democratic Alarmism: Coherent Notion or Contradiction in Terms?
Constellations, EarlyView.
James S. Pearson
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The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
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Review of Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters by Maya Barzilai
, 2018 The golem crosses many borders. A popular culture icon and an enduring image of creative power, its hybridity contributes to its elusive nature. What it is and what it means shifts over time. Maya Barzilai\u27s Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters takes
Berg, Temma F.
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Regressing to Nature: Culture Industry and Fascism in Times of Ecological Crisis
Constellations, EarlyView.
Heiko Stubenrauch
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