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Convocation – “Cable Girls Do It Best: Subverting the Past on the Small Screen”

ten Hoor Hall - Room 125

The small screen has, in recent years, seen an influx of historical fiction, which has created a great deal of interest in learning about the past amongst viewers. Using Hayden White’s concept of “historiophoty” and Stephanie Genz’s concept of the “postfeminist Supergirl” as a starting point, Dr. Barbara Gray will discuss how we see Spain’s