On the Symbolism and Killability of Animals (Sansa I & Eddard 3, AGoT) – A Clash of Critics – Scholarly Criticism About A Song of Ice and Fire
In this episode, we look at the role of non-human animals in ASoIaF and explore what it means for animals to be "killable."
Mentioned in this episode:
Haraway, D. 2007, When Species Meet, U of Minnesota Press.
Mehrabi, T. 2016, Making Death Matter: A Feminist Technoscience Study of Alzheimer's Sciences in the Laboratory, Linköping University, Linköping.
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- On the Symbolism and Killability of Animals (Sansa I & Eddard 3, AGoT)
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- Taking the Black: Restorative Justice and the Night’s Watch (Tyrion II, AGoT)
- Calculating Innocence Versus Threat: A Philosophy of Oathkeeping (Eddard II, AGoT)
- Essos and the Orient: Dothraki Weddings and Desert Romances (Daenerys II, AGoT)
- Female Masculinity: On Tomboys and Gender Outlaws (Jon II, AGoT)
- Fan Fiction in the World of Ice and Fire: Who Is an Author and Are They Dead?
- Constructing Normalcy in Westeros (Tyrion I, AGoT)
- Boyhood (Bran II, AGoT)
- Family and Legitimacy as a Construct (Jon I, Catelyn II, & Arya I, AGoT)
