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The challenging of typical gender tropes in Lian Hearn’s “Across the Nightingale Floor”
Across the Nightingale Floor by Gillian Rubinstein is about the story of teenagers Takeo and Kaede, set in a fictional medieval Japan-based world. Takeo, born as Tomasu, one of The Hidden, a religion based strongly on the Kakure Kirishitan, the … Continue reading
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Othering and Orientalism in “A Pearling Tale” by Maxine McArthur
The short story A Pearling Tale by Maxine McArthur is about Jiro Aoyanagi, a diver who is forced to go on a boat ride with his crew at the end of the diving season. His job is to dive for … Continue reading
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Traces of Jean d’Arras’ Melusine in Gillian Polack’s “The Time of the Ghosts”
Not Like Other Sirens – The Melusine’s Craving for a Human Soul Tales of water-associated women, resembling a dragon, fish, or snake, have made appearances in one way or another all over the world. Mentions of sirens, mermaids, figures like … Continue reading
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