You know, I'll be needing it before then

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Posted by Elettaria on October 10, 2004 at 09:18:34:

In reply to: Re: Can't remember posted by Catherine Cartwright-Jones on October 10, 2004 at 01:20:31:

The dissertation is due in Jan. I think they're fine with my citing
URLs, though, so it's not the end of the world if it's not polished
yet; I'll tell you which bits I plan to quote and you can check them
over, if all else fails. I may or may not end up citing you, but
I'll probably need something on orientalism and the fear of
menstruation and how that's reflected in "Dracula". Dissertation is a
bit of a sore point right now, anyway. I've spent the summer barking
up the wrong tree, owing to a member of staff handing me a reading
list on Gothic and not saying much else. So I spent the summer
reading about whether or not the ghosts are real in "The Turn of the
Screw", repressed homoeroticism in "Dracula", and connections between
vampirism and eating disorders, and wondering where my ideas about
voice got to. (I hate Freudian crit, and anyway it's hardly news that
"Dracula" is about repressed sexuality.) On the last day that we're
allowed to consult staff, I found someone fantastic in the MUSIC
DEPARTMENT who saw at a glance what I was trying to do and sent me in
the right direction, namely Bakhtin and Barthes. So I'm finally back
to issues of voice and embodiment and so forth. Menstruation might
fit in somewhere to do with female expression of the body, the way in
which the body speaks itself? Dunno.

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Re: You know, I'll be needing it before then Catherine Cartwright-Jones 09:39:35 10/10/2004 (2)
- Is the full moon of any significance? Elettaria 11:00:39 10/10/2004 (1)
  - Re: Is the full moon of any significance? Catherine Cartwright-Jones 18:40:09 10/10/2004 (0)

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: The dissertation is due in Jan. I think they're fine with my citing : URLs, though, so it's not the end of the world if it's not polished : yet; I'll tell you which bits I plan to quote and you can check them : over, if all else fails. I may or may not end up citing you, but : I'll probably need something on orientalism and the fear of : menstruation and how that's reflected in "Dracula". Dissertation is a : bit of a sore point right now, anyway. I've spent the summer barking : up the wrong tree, owing to a member of staff handing me a reading : list on Gothic and not saying much else. So I spent the summer : reading about whether or not the ghosts are real in "The Turn of the : Screw", repressed homoeroticism in "Dracula", and connections between : vampirism and eating disorders, and wondering where my ideas about : voice got to. (I hate Freudian crit, and anyway it's hardly news that : "Dracula" is about repressed sexuality.) On the last day that we're : allowed to consult staff, I found someone fantastic in the MUSIC : DEPARTMENT who saw at a glance what I was trying to do and sent me in : the right direction, namely Bakhtin and Barthes. So I'm finally back : to issues of voice and embodiment and so forth. Menstruation might : fit in somewhere to do with female expression of the body, the way in : which the body speaks itself? Dunno.
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