Category: Publications

Resumen Este volumen reúne un amplio espectro de estudios que pueden leerse como invitaciones a repensar la trascendencia del pasado y sus personajes como fuentes indispensables de hallazgos inventivos para la creación de nuevas formas de ficción. Y es que los archivos históricos, biográficos o mitográficos -en torno a la antigüedad de Safo, la modernidad…

Summary The title of this issue, “Wasted Lives in Contemporary Fiction: Bodies That Do Not Matter,” is inspired by that of Judith Butler’s seminal work Bodies that Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex (1993) where she discusses theories of gender that focus on the material dimensions of bodies. Similarly, the power of heteronormativity over…

Abstract This article discusses the representation of biopolitical oppression of women’s bodies and its ethical consequences in the SF TV series Orphan Black (2013–2017). The series focuses on a group of self-aware clones who discover that they are victims of biological experimentation and corporate profit and start a collective fight against their oppressors. The show…

Abstract Kit Dobson’s work focuses on several controversial issues in Canadian Indigenous history. The effects of oil capitalism on the environment is at the core of Field Notes on Listening, while Malled: Deciphering Shopping in Canada addresses the socio-economic impacts of shopping malls in Canada. Transnational Canadas: Anglo-Canadian Literature and Globalization examines Canadian literary traditions in the context of globalization,…

Abstract The contemporary landscape of Irish queer theatre and performance is diverse and alive. THISISPOPBABY stands as a landmark company known for its blending of queer culture with pop culture. Their productions, such as RIOT (2016) and Wake (2022), among others, have both won awards and played a fundamental role in showcasing queer narratives and disrupting the boundaries of…