Jessica Pressman
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Jessica Pressman is an American scholar of electronic literature, digital poetry, media studies and experimental literature.
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: BA, Brandeis University; PhD in English, University of California, Los Angeles (opens wiqqi.app)
- Earlier: Assistant professor of English, Yale University, 2008 to 2012 (opens wiqqi.app)
- Books: Digital Modernism (2014); Reading Project (2015, with Mark C. Marino and Jeremy Douglass); Bookishness (2020) (opens wiqqi.app)
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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6 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Mermaid narratives, including TV shows, are a rich subject for ecocriticism. (opens korrents.com)
“argues that mermaid narratives, including TV shows, are a rich site for eco-criticism and Environmental Humanities.”
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Disney casting a Black mermaid is not a breakthrough, given the existing tradition of Black mermaid fiction. (opens korrents.com)
“I also hope to put to rest the idea that Disney’s decision to feature a Black mermaid represents some sort of modern breakthrough.”
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The controversy over a nonwhite mermaid comes from 150 years of whitewashing a figure with African origins. (opens korrents.com)
“The fact that Disney’s portrayal of a nonwhite mermaid is controversial is due to 150 years of whitewashing.”
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Mermaid narratives, including TV shows, are a rich subject for ecocriticism. (opens korrents.com)
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3 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Twelve Blue (opens rcmnd.app)
“Twelve Blue is by Michael Joyce, who is the author of afternoon , called ‘the grandfather of hypertext’.”
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House of Leaves (opens rcmnd.app)
“So there’s an accompanying website published at the same time as the novel (the House of Leaves bulletin board is a massive website that continues to receive thousands of hits and discussions in their forum, which is…”
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The Raw Shark Texts (opens rcmnd.app)
“I don’t think it’s as sophisticated or as ambitious, but it is interesting and very fun – so that people who like House of Leaves will also like The Raw Shark Texts .”
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Twelve Blue (opens rcmnd.app)