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The Postfeminist Tart: Neo-Victorian Villainy and Sex Work in Ripper Street (2017)
Book Chapter
Artt, S. (2017). The Postfeminist Tart: Neo-Victorian Villainy and Sex Work in Ripper Street. In B. Poore (Ed.), Neo-Victorian Villains: adaptations and transformations in popular culture. Brill Academic Publishers

This chapter examines the trajectory of Rose, the recurring victim-heroine of Ripper Street and the villains that define her. Ripper Street appears initially as an example of 'watching for defilement' but gradually reveals its willingness to offer up... Read More about The Postfeminist Tart: Neo-Victorian Villainy and Sex Work in Ripper Street.

Confluence of Minds: The Rabindranath Tagore and Patrick Geddes Reader on Education and Environment (2017)
Book
Fraser, B., Mukherjee, T., & Sen, A. (Eds.). (2017). Confluence of Minds: The Rabindranath Tagore and Patrick Geddes Reader on Education and Environment. Luath Press

This collection of seminal correspondences between Indian Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore and Scottish polymath Robert Geddes are testimony to a great friendship and an even greater marriage between Eastern and Western schools of thought. This com... Read More about Confluence of Minds: The Rabindranath Tagore and Patrick Geddes Reader on Education and Environment.

“Now – Well, Look at the Chart”: Mapping, Maps and Literature (2017)
Book Chapter
Frayn, A. (2017). “Now – Well, Look at the Chart”: Mapping, Maps and Literature. In S. D. Brunn, & M. Dodge (Eds.), Mapping Across Academia (259-285). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1011-2_13

This chapter examines the resistance in literary criticism to making maps. Literary analysis is deeply invested in the construction of space and associated theories, but these have rarely been cartographical. Recent work that discusses the developmen... Read More about “Now – Well, Look at the Chart”: Mapping, Maps and Literature.