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Edwin Chukwurah
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Edwin Chukwurah
Edwin Chukwurah
Jun 2, 2018 · 12 min read

Do the right thing, Lysistrata: The Oppositional Gaze(s) of Aristophanes and Spike Lee

Feminist critic Laura Mulvey, on describing the traditional cinematic ‘gaze’ (which she characterizes as male) states that “the cinema offers a number of possible pleasures. One is…

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Edwin Chukwurah
Edwin Chukwurah
Jun 1, 2018 · 16 min read

The Monstrous Beloved: Privilege and Trauma in Frankenstein and Beloved

Language is norm-forming and outwardly-faced, while emotion stands formless and hidden from the objective gaze, but the entire human experience is, seemingly by necessity, a conversation between these two…

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Edwin Chukwurah
Edwin Chukwurah
May 1, 2018 · 7 min read

apostle of Beauty: Beyoncé and the Mami-Wata Mythos [2]

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Edwin Chukwurah
Edwin Chukwurah
Apr 29, 2018 · 5 min read

Red Lobster and Mermaids: Beyoncé & the Mami-wata Mythos (1)

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