Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) finding one of the girls fleeing in a wood I watched this film for the first time last night. It’s an important film which I hope more people saw than I fear did (I suspect it was not a mass entertainment even if it played in mainstream cinemas). It’s a kind [...]
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Whistleblower: the difference class makes; Rachel Weisz heir to Helen Mirren’s Prime Suspect
Posted in 20th century culture, actresses, mozart, mystery-murder book, mystery-suspense, political novels/films, politics, rape, sexual experience, Slavery, visual art, women's art, womens' films, tagged Helen Mirren, heroine's text, Prime Suspect, Rachel Weisz, wife abuse on April 12, 2012 | 6 Comments »
EC/ASECS conference on liberty in the long 18th century at Penn State: enslaved families; professional women, Priestley, the Paterno library
Posted in 18th century, America 18thcentury, conference report, Conferences, feminism, library books, Plays, Poetry, politics, science, Slavery, Theater, women's novels, tagged Elizabeth Farren, elizabeth inchbald, enslaved women, gambling as liberty, heroine's text, hester thrale piozzi, mary wells, Susannah Centivre on November 17, 2011 | 7 Comments »
The family broken up in a slave auction Dear friends and readers, I continue my report of the fine conference (East Central Region meeting of ASECS at Penn State) centering on the concept of liberty in the long 18th century. Over the course of three days, there emerged a developing definition for different groups of [...]
