Hair in other texts

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Posted by Elettaria on July 25, 2004 at 18:17:27:

In reply to: About 15 minutes spare to rant posted by Catherine Cartwright-Jones on July 25, 2004 at 15:33:28:

You know, in case you get bored with your current trifling workload.
I'm keeping my eyes peeled for mentions of hair in other texts, do you
want me to report back on this? Braddon's "Lady Audley's Secret" made
a big thing about hair, with the "blue-eyed wax doll" heroine (with
blonde ringlets, of course) who turns out not to be sweet and innocent
after all. I think hair came up in Collins' "Basil" as well, where
she was a sultry brunette who turned out not to be sweet and innocent
etc. etc.

Have you read "Carmilla"? Think you'd be fascinated. It's a fairly
short read, it's only a (longish) short story.

Don't know if you've got ATHENS access, I'm assuming you have, but
here's a link to an article which I haven't read yet but intend to.

As for the menstrual blood business, and might I add I agree with you,
you could have an interesting time chatting to my director of
studiesm. She's generally an early modernist, with an interest in
feministy stuff (particularly devotional writing by women, she's
currently working on Lady Anne Halkett) and queer theory, is quite mad
and quite wonderful. I was talking about how I was always longing to
send someone off to the library to pick up that article which I
spotted in the course bibliography during one of her Shakespeare
classes, "Bestial Buggery in a Midsummer Night's Dream" (I noticed it
during a very serious discussion of scold's bridles in the "Taming of
the Shrew" class and promptly cracked up). She said she'd had to send
a very proper, male Greek friend of hers into the library for
something on lesbianism and menstruation, and the poor man barely
survived.

Anyway, when she was at an early modern conference at Harvard
recently, apart from telling me the gossip, she also told me that
there was a 9 am lecture on "Dildoes and Castration in the Early
Modern Period". I asked whether the straight men were sitting there
looking green about the gills, and she said, "It was a bit of a
self-selecting audience, really. I mean, 'Dildoes and Castration in
the Early Modern Period'. It does what it says on the tin." THere
was a play we studied, "Chaste Maid in Cheapside" again I think, where
someone started singing "dildo, dildo, dildo" and we barely refrained
from getting the giggles in class.

I've just run "Dracula" and "hair" through J-stor and some interesting
looking articles are coming up, including one on Carmilla that's made
me realise I need to reread Christabel.

Please please please e-mail me about Dracula and cross-cultural
reading of the text and desire and anything else! I can send you my
precises (index cards, basically) if you haven't the time to read
articles but are interested to know what current critical thought is.

ARATA, STEPHEN D., THE OCCIDENTAL TOURIST: DRACULA AND THE ANXIETY OF REVERSE COLONIZATION

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: You know, in case you get bored with your current trifling workload. : I'm keeping my eyes peeled for mentions of hair in other texts, do you : want me to report back on this? Braddon's "Lady Audley's Secret" made : a big thing about hair, with the "blue-eyed wax doll" heroine (with : blonde ringlets, of course) who turns out not to be sweet and innocent : after all. I think hair came up in Collins' "Basil" as well, where : she was a sultry brunette who turned out not to be sweet and innocent : etc. etc. : : Have you read "Carmilla"? Think you'd be fascinated. It's a fairly : short read, it's only a (longish) short story. : : Don't know if you've got ATHENS access, I'm assuming you have, but : here's a link to an article which I haven't read yet but intend to. : : As for the menstrual blood business, and might I add I agree with you, : you could have an interesting time chatting to my director of : studiesm. She's generally an early modernist, with an interest in : feministy stuff (particularly devotional writing by women, she's : currently working on Lady Anne Halkett) and queer theory, is quite mad : and quite wonderful. I was talking about how I was always longing to : send someone off to the library to pick up that article which I : spotted in the course bibliography during one of her Shakespeare : classes, "Bestial Buggery in a Midsummer Night's Dream" (I noticed it : during a very serious discussion of scold's bridles in the "Taming of : the Shrew" class and promptly cracked up). She said she'd had to send : a very proper, male Greek friend of hers into the library for : something on lesbianism and menstruation, and the poor man barely : survived. : : Anyway, when she was at an early modern conference at Harvard : recently, apart from telling me the gossip, she also told me that : there was a 9 am lecture on "Dildoes and Castration in the Early : Modern Period". I asked whether the straight men were sitting there : looking green about the gills, and she said, "It was a bit of a : self-selecting audience, really. I mean, 'Dildoes and Castration in : the Early Modern Period'. It does what it says on the tin." THere : was a play we studied, "Chaste Maid in Cheapside" again I think, where : someone started singing "dildo, dildo, dildo" and we barely refrained : from getting the giggles in class. : : I've just run "Dracula" and "hair" through J-stor and some interesting : looking articles are coming up, including one on Carmilla that's made : me realise I need to reread Christabel. : : Please please please e-mail me about Dracula and cross-cultural : reading of the text and desire and anything else! I can send you my : precises (index cards, basically) if you haven't the time to read : articles but are interested to know what current critical thought is.
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