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The other victorians

The other victorians. Fall 2013 / Georgetown University Professor N. Hensley / nh283@georgetown.edu Office hours: T 2-3:30, W 11-12, and by appt. Office: 316 New North. What is “Victorian”. 1837-1901 Mode of life? Style of dress? Set of manners?

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The other victorians

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  1. The other victorians Fall 2013 / Georgetown University Professor N. Hensley / nh283@georgetown.edu Office hours: T 2-3:30, W 11-12, and by appt. Office: 316 New North

  2. What is “Victorian” • 1837-1901 • Mode of life? • Style of dress? • Set of manners? • A globalized, mass-marketized, capitalist culture of information. (Sound familiar?) • ?

  3. What is “globalization”?

  4. The analytical trap • CONTAINMENT • Culture produces sameness • Culture polices: it is… • Reiteratitve • Repetitive • An instrument of constraint • “Ideological” / “Bad” • SUBVERSION • [Certain] culture rebels • Culture disrupts; it is… • Insurgent • Liberatory • An instrument of freedom • “Heroically transcendent!” / “Good”

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