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1988-1989 Ethnohistory Workshop Series


The Making of Public Culture

Speakers, 1988-1989

Fall 1988

September 29, 1988: Lynn Hunt, University of Pennsylvania
Paper Titles: "The Many Bodies of Marie-Antoinette: Political Pornography and the Problem of the Feminine in the French Revolution"

October 20, 1988: Helen F. Siu, Department of Anthropology, Yale University
Paper Title: "Recycling Tradition: Culture, History and Political Economy in the Chrysantemum Festivals of South China"

November 10, 1988: Thomas Abercrombie, Stanford Humanities Center
Paper Title: "Carnival and Rebellion in the Genesis of Bolivian Identities: An Anthro-history of Bolivian Ethnicities and 'Popular Culture'"

December 8, 1988: Susanne Wofford, Department of English, Yale University
Paper Title: "Theatre and the Politics of Carnival in Shakespeare's Henry IV"

Spring 1989

March 16, 1989: Susan Harding, University of Michigan
Paper Title: "The Born-Again Telescandals"

April 13, 1989: John J. MacAloon, University of Chicago
Paper Title: "Brides of Victory: Myth, Gender, and Political Theory in the Olympic Awards Ceremony"


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