Many scholars have studied French Interwar photographer Claude Cahun’s use of mirrors in their self-portraits. However, scholarship of these photographs remains largely in discursive isolation. Indeed, scholars have yet to connect these artworks to the rest of Cahun’s oeuvre, as…
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Monstrous Fictions of the Human considers the body as a site of decision between human and monster. Fictions of making and unmaking bodies deemed human or otherwise reveal the tenuous nature of distinctions upon which these definitions are constructed. Such fictions insist on th…
Why is Egypt portrayed as a monster in the book of Ezekiel? Previous scholarship argues that the monstrification of Egypt can be explained either through the memory of the oppressive Egypt and the parting of the sea at the time of the exodus or by the political alliance between …
The prevalence of metamorphoses in the ancient myths is something which has drawn my interest while studying Classics. These myths are retold time and time again throughout ancient history, and it is clear they represent important beliefs in early cultures. My focus during this …