As You Wear: Cross-dressing and Identity Politics in Jackie Kay’s \u3cem\u3eTrumpet\u3c/em\u3e

This paper explores the theories and practices of cross-dressing through the lens of Jackie Kay’s novel, Trumpet (1998). In the course of Trumpet, Kay explores the life of a fictional protagonist, ‘Joss Moody,’ who was born a woman but lived as a man. With close reference to recent critiques of cross-dressing, this paper conducts a detailed analysis of identity, gender, and personal autonomy as they are constructed within the terms of Kay’s text. Furthermore, it works to illustrate the complex ways in which gender and individuality intersect in contemporary cultures, while exposing the logic of gender binarism to intense critical scrutiny

Correspondence from Alice Walker, 1924-1941

Letters from Alice Walker with photographs and notes by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm, all relating to silver crosses worn by Native Americans in Maine. These were digitized from box 1, folder 101 of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers. Documents from this folder that did not pertain to Native Americans in Maine were not scanned and are not included in this filehttps://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/eckstorm_papers/1015/thumbnail.jp

LSHTM Open Access Guidance

On this page you can find the following guidance documents (Select the + to see all the files): - Open Access fact sheet - Funder OA policies - Open access discounts and waiver schemes - Open access tools fact sheet - Open access publishing policy - Elements Quick Start Guid

Gifts Make Her Career

Unusual items, such as Mexican blue grass in all sizes and shapes, hard-to-get hand loomed linens and wood jewelry from southern mountain regions, may be found on the shelves of the House of Gifts, owned and operated by Miss Irma D. Garner, \u2726, and her sister in Davenport

My Name is Margaret.

The station was crowded and I pushed impatiently past hundreds of people..

Does the Oxygen Content of Tolkien’s Middle Earth Allow for Greater Endurance?

The Lord of The Rings is a quintessential fantasy trilogy in which human men perform many seemingly unachievable feats of heroism and athleticism. One such example would be Aragorn’s tireless defence of Helms Deep for an entire night. This paper investigates whether it is a feasible hypothesis to suggest that Middle Earth must have a higher oxygen content in order for the men of Rohan and Gondor to perform such physical tasks. Through using the gas exchange equation, estimating a 10% increase in atmospheric O2 concentration in Middle Earth when compared to Earth and using Aragorn as a test subject, this hypothesis could be true

Is a ‘Cast Iron Stomach’ Really That Strong?

The term ‘cast iron stomach’ is reserved for people who never seem to succumb to the ill effects of bad food or drink. This paper assesses the credibility of having a cast iron stomach with respect to corrosion caused by gastric juices leading to potentially fatal symptoms. This point was taken to be when the cast iron stomach retained only 63% of its original mass whereby it is reasoned the stomach would rupture and likely lead to gastric juices leaking into the peritoneum. Through modelling the stomach to be a hollow sphere of stainless steel the time taken for corrosion to lead to gastric juices was found to be 34 days on average

Could Frodo Have Survived Moria?

In the film ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’, Frodo the hobbit manages to survive a cave-troll spear attack in the mines of Moria, however in the books this stab is delivered by a goblin-chieftain. Frodo is relatively unharmed due to wearing an impenetrable Mithril shirt of chain mail. This paper discusses whether it would be possible for Frodo to survive such an impact force from either the cave-troll or the goblin-chieftain without fracturing his sternum, irrespective of the finely wrought chain mail and therefore still be able to flee further from a Balrog shortly after. The conclusion of the model used is that Frodo may have been unharmed by the goblin-chieftain attack but the cave-troll attack would impart a force of 64,300 N to Frodo’s chest and irrespective of dissipation of the force across his chest; this impact force is great enough to result in sternal fracture, a debilitating injury which would have made escape impossible.