2024 Spring Issue: Volume 20
We are so excited to present the following articles, which are the culmination of the hard work of the writers with the assistance of the editorial team. For our monumental 20th volume, we present a myriad of articles concerned with the subtexts found in our lived reality as well as fiction. These articles deal with a wide range of topics from Othello, Fight Club, Mesoamerican art, and much more!
Race in America
These articles discuss racial dynamics within American culture, using a variety of different texts as focal points.
The “Childlike Earnestness of His Prayer”: The Romantic Racialism of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Allie Konopelski
James Baldwin and the American Dialectic by Brandon Roberts
“We Were Stowed Away”: The Gothic Intertexts of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Jessica Whalen
Social Performance
These articles all discuss some aspect of social performance, whether it be a literal social performance like a play, or more concrete social performance rooted in mannerisms or clothing. These articles strive to touch on the heart of what it means to be socially perceived, in and out.
What Makes Art? : An Exploration of Mesoamerican Religious and Political Imagery by Megan Bogner
Mother Hubbard to Mu’umu’u: A Glimpse of the Influence of Christian Missionaries on Hawaiian Culture by Kamana’okekai Lattig
Othello: A Case Study of Problematic Themes in Shakespeare by Anissa Mendez
“Fight Club”: The Cult of Tyler Durden by Avery Poulter
Ownership of Cultural Capital
These articles strive to answer the question: who gets to own or interact with cultural capital? What does it mean to lay claim to social or cultural capital? What are the responsibilities associated with said capital?
Mourning the Famous: Celebrity Gravesites at Père Lachaise Cemetery by Sophia Auron
Who is Legion? by Sarah Borchert
Contribution & Credit: Examining Hubert Van Eyck’s Hand in the Ghent Altarpiece by Isabelle Etheridge
