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Veronica Taglia edited the blog post Visual Schemas and Parable of the Sower in the group American Studies: 8 years, 8 months ago

Earlier this evening, I was browsing The Rumpus and found a comic book review by Kevin Thomas of Butler’s Parable of the Sower:

Most of the class hasn’t read Parable of the Sower (and it’s not on the syllabus) but Thomas’ illustrations strikes me as a powerful reminder of a book I found deeply moving. I’m interested in the way he co…[Read more]
Veronica Taglia edited the blog post Rethinking Canonicity in my English Degree (again) in the group American Studies: 8 years, 8 months ago

This semester, I took two literature classes: English 451 and a survey course on British literature pre-1700. Because I had to (belatedly) complete my English Major Self-Reflective Advisement Paper, I spent some time thinkING about the value both classes contributed to my degree.

I’ve never seen much merit in weighing courses up against…[Read more]
Veronica Taglia edited the blog post Mapping the Legacy of Cornelia Adair in the group Digital Humanities: 8 years, 8 months ago

My project aims to create a digital biography/storymap of Cornelia Wadsworth Ritchie Adair (1837-1921), a pioneer originally from Geneseo, New York who played a substantial role in land development in Donegal, Ireland, and Southwest Texas. After her marriage to notorious Irish landowner John George Adair, Cornelia managed their estate at Glenveagh…[Read more]
Veronica Taglia edited the blog post Yeats’s World and Biographical Storymaps in the group Digital Humanities: 8 years, 8 months ago

The storymap “Yeats, His World” from the National Library of Ireland is a prime example of how interactive mapping can imbue our understanding of an author’s connection to place. The map, which is part of a larger digital (and physical) exhibition on Yeats, organizes photos and biographical information on Yeats by country (and then, region) so…[Read more]
Veronica Taglia edited the blog post Reexamining Sexual Hierarchies in the group American Studies: 8 years, 9 months ago

In my Inspire paper, I wrote about how Xenogenesis demands that its readers re-evaluate their preconceived frameworks of hegemony in imagining and enacting social change. More specifically, though, I’d like to revisit this subject in the context of sexual power dynamics prevalent throughout the trilogy.

The hybridized, inter-species r…[Read more]
Veronica Taglia wrote a new blog post Progress Report: Cornelia Adair and Digital Storymaps in the group Digital Humanities: 8 years, 9 months ago

Initially, I was hesitant to use Omeka, because I felt out of my element in navigating the program and struggled to do basic tasks (e.g., creating a simple wepbage and putting it on my home site). But after […]
Veronica Taglia wrote a new blog post sandbox map in the group Digital Humanities: 8 years, 9 months ago
Veronica Taglia edited the blog post Contract and Octavia Butler in the group American Studies: 8 years, 10 months ago

We’re a little late, but this dialogue was originally inspired by the Pateman and Mills reading. We both thought the format was interesting and decided to see if we couldn’t have an interesting conversation of our own on Butler’s work. Enjoy! -Veronica and Brendan

Friday the 13th, 01:12 PM, In Class

Brendan Mahoney: OK so what are we tal…[Read more]
Veronica Taglia edited the blog post “Bloodchild” and the Monstrous Feminine in the group American Studies: 8 years, 10 months ago

As we continue our readings and discussions for the semester, I find myself routinely circling back to “Bloodchild” as I attempt to better understand the way Butler’s fiction underscores questions of gendered hierarchies. Although I’ve enjoyed all of the theory we’ve read in class so far, I especially liked reading up on Julia Kristeva’s concept…[Read more]
Veronica Taglia edited the blog post Generational Memory and Property (a story about my grandmother) in the group American Studies: 8 years, 11 months ago

I’m never sure how appropriate it is to share personal stories in English classes, but over Easter weekend, something happened that I felt related too deeply to our class not to document in a blog post.

Important context to the story: my grandmother is an 88-year old widow with 8 children and 20 grandchildren (a true generational matriarch).…[Read more]

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