Representations of perpetual boyhood came to fascinate the late Victorians, partly because such images could naturalize a new spirit of imperial aggression and new policies of preserving power. This article traces the emergence of this fantasy through a series of stories about the relationship of the boy and the pirate, figures whose opposition in mid-Victorian literature was used to articulate...

Richard Wright’s introductory essay to his collection of short stories Uncle Tom's Children describes hidden forms of resistance against Jim Crowism and Uncle Tomism. The essay entitled The Ethics of Living Jim Crow: An Autobiographical Sketch relates Wright’s daily confrontations with Jim Crowism with a particular emphasis on his evasive actions, and his covert activities, such as silence, pla...

a BBC 2013. Doctor Who chronicles the adventures of an extraterrestrial Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. Although humanoid, the Doctor differs from you or me in many ways, not the least of which is the ability to navigate through space and time (using the TARDIS, an acronym for time and relative dimension in space, an erstwhile British police box). He also has two hearts and the capacity fo...

This paper will consider Robert Rauschenberg’s use of performance to further explore ideas already embedded within his visual artworks. His compositional processes and operational strategies will be scrutinized to distinguish commonalities and dissimilarities in his approaches. In particular, Rauschenberg’s effort to conflate seemingly disparate genres or concepts will be examined not as a mere...

Jim Woodgett was born in rural Leicestershire, England and now makes his home in Toronto, Canada. He earned his PhD under the mentorship of Sir Philip Cohen in Dundee (1984) and completed post-doctoral studies with Tony Hunter at the Salk Institute (1987). He is currently Director of Research at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, where his laboratory studies the role of abrogated signal t...

richard wright’s introductory essay to his collection of short stories uncle tom's children describes hidden forms of resistance against jim crowism and uncle tomism. the essay entitled the ethics of living jim crow: an autobiographical sketch relates wright’s daily confrontations with jim crowism with a particular emphasis on his evasive actions, and his covert activities, such as silence, pla...