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argues that mermaid narratives, including TV shows, are a rich site for eco-criticism and Environmental Humanities.
Jessica Pressman
American literary scholar of experimental and electronic literature and media theory; professor of English and comparative literature at San Diego State University; author of Digital Modernism and Bookishness.
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Mermaid narratives, including TV shows, are a rich subject for ecocriticism.
argues that mermaid narratives, including TV shows, are a rich site for eco-criticism and Environmental Humanities.
jessicapressman.comSaid 17 Jun 2024This on korrents
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Disney casting a Black mermaid is not a breakthrough, given the existing tradition of Black mermaid fiction.
I also hope to put to rest the idea that Disney’s decision to feature a Black mermaid represents some sort of modern breakthrough.
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From one piece Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough – just look at the literary subgenre of Black mermaid fiction 5 beliefs · theconversation.com
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Contemporary mermaid stories are a warning about humanity's increasingly oceanic future.Their words
Mermaids serve as signals, in both senses of the word – as an emergency alert and as a medium for transmitting a message about humanity’s increasingly oceanic planetary future.
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This novella is marketed as fantasy, but it does the very real and important work of opening up new ways to think about the legacy of slavery.
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Racial justice and environmental activism are aligned – and, as many Black mermaid novels teach readers, inseparable.
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The controversy over a nonwhite mermaid comes from 150 years of whitewashing a figure with African origins.Their words
The fact that Disney’s portrayal of a nonwhite mermaid is controversial is due to 150 years of whitewashing.
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Disney casting a Black mermaid is not a breakthrough, given the existing tradition of Black mermaid fiction.Their words
I also hope to put to rest the idea that Disney’s decision to feature a Black mermaid represents some sort of modern breakthrough.
18 June 2009
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House of LeavesTheir words
So there’s an accompanying website published at the same time as the novel (the House of Leaves bulletin board is a massive website that continues to receive thousands of hits and discussions in their forum, which is amazing for a literary print book published nine years ago); and then there’s another print book that was also published simultaneously that contains and expands upon the epistolary section between the protagonist and his mother.
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Mermaid narratives, including TV shows, are a rich subject for ecocriticism.
argues that mermaid narratives, including TV shows, are a rich site for eco-criticism and Environmental Humanities.
Disney casting a Black mermaid is not a breakthrough, given the existing tradition of Black mermaid fiction.
I also hope to put to rest the idea that Disney’s decision to feature a Black mermaid represents some sort of modern breakthrough.
Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough – just look at the literary subgenre of Black mermaid fiction Said 20 Dec 2022
The controversy over a nonwhite mermaid comes from 150 years of whitewashing a figure with African origins.
The fact that Disney’s portrayal of a nonwhite mermaid is controversial is due to 150 years of whitewashing.
Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough – just look at the literary subgenre of Black mermaid fiction Said 20 Dec 2022
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Racial justice and environmental activism are inseparable.
Racial justice and environmental activism are aligned – and, as many Black mermaid novels teach readers, inseparable.
Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough – just look at the literary subgenre of Black mermaid fiction Said 20 Dec 2022
Rivers Solomon's The Deep opens new ways of thinking about the legacy of slavery.
This novella is marketed as fantasy, but it does the very real and important work of opening up new ways to think about the legacy of slavery.
Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough – just look at the literary subgenre of Black mermaid fiction Said 20 Dec 2022
Contemporary mermaid stories are a warning about humanity's increasingly oceanic future.
Mermaids serve as signals, in both senses of the word – as an emergency alert and as a medium for transmitting a message about humanity’s increasingly oceanic planetary future.
Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough – just look at the literary subgenre of Black mermaid fiction Said 20 Dec 2022
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Recommends The Raw Shark Texts
I don’t think it’s as sophisticated or as ambitious, but it is interesting and very fun – so that people who like House of Leaves will also like The Raw Shark Texts .
fivebooks.com 18 Jun 2009
Recommends House of Leaves
So there’s an accompanying website published at the same time as the novel (the House of Leaves bulletin board is a massive website that continues to receive thousands of hits and discussions in their forum, which is amazing for a literary print book published nine years ago); and then there’s another print book that was also published simultaneously that contains and expands upon the epistolary section between the protagonist and his mother.
fivebooks.com 18 Jun 2009
Recommends Twelve Blue
Twelve Blue is by Michael Joyce, who is the author of afternoon , called ‘the grandfather of hypertext’.
fivebooks.com 18 Jun 2009
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