"Filthy Fictions addresses Asian American literature by women to explore and explode the sedimented and solidified meanings of "Asian Americans" and "dirt". Crossing disciplinary and institutional boundaries, Filthy Fictions also questions the very ground upon which these argume…
Dirt - and our rituals to eradicate it - are as much a part of our everyday lives as eating, breathing and sleeping. Yet this very fact means that we seldom question what we mean by dirt. What do our attitudes to dirt and cleanliness tell us about ourselves and the societies we …
Pollution could come from any number of sources in the Roman world. Bodily functions, sexual activity, bloodshed, death - any of these could cause disaster if brought into contact with religion. Its presence could invalidate sacrifices, taint religious officials, and threaten to…
