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I spoke with Hadas Elber-Aviram about British urban fantasy. This is the video version of a previously posted podcast.
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Hadas Elber-Aviram has loved fantasy since she was small and studied as a graduate student. She recently released a book about British fantasy writers and their use of London in their fiction. We spoke about the book and British fantasy. Fairy Tales of London: British Urban Fantasy, 1840 to the Present (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021)
0:37 – Hadas talks about why she started studying fantasy.
2:23 – Hadas talks about why she compared rural and urban fantasy authors.
5:07 – Hadas talks about where these fantasy authors lived.
6:24 – Hadas talks about why London was so disliked.
7:47 – Hadas talks about the positive aspects of London that authors wrote about.
9:24 – Hadas talks about the authors she covers in the book and what she discusses about each.
14:41 – Hadas talks about how many rural writers existed post WWII.
16:43 – Hadas talks about Tolkien’s attitudes.
18:24 – Hadas talks urban writers’ approaches to the urban.
20:09 – Hadas talks about looking at London in a fantastic way.
23:24 – Hadas contrasts the physical aspect of London versus the people who lived there.
26:14 – Hadas talks more about London Architecture and how it’s made fantastic.
28:34 – Hadas discusses the use of London and other cities in fantasy before 1840.
31:07 – Hadas talks about magical spots in London.
34:38 – Hadas talks about her research methods.
37:41 – Hadas goes into detail about an HG Wells story.
40:12 – Hadas talks about reading stories where they are located and about urban fantasy as a tour guide.
41:55 – Hadas talks about enjoying walking through London.
45:21 – Hadas talks about not including J.G. Bollard.
46:18 – Hadas talks about the tragedy of Mervyn Peake.
50:17 – Hadas talks about the label urban fantasy.
52:07 – We discuss the journey in Dracula and then “cozy catastrophes”.
58:40 – Hadas can be found at the University of Notre Dame, London.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/fairy-tales-of-london-9781350110687/
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Guests: Hadas Elber-Aviram
Host: Cris Alvarez
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Ula Lukszo Klein is Director of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. She recently published a book on women cross-dressing in 18th century British literature and we spoke about the book and the subject. Sapphic Crossings: Cross-Dressing Women in Eighteenth-Century British Literature (Peculiar Bodies) (University of Virginia Press, 2021)
Note: This episode is rated Parental Guidance due to sexual references.
0:39 – Ula talks about how she got into writing on cross-dressing in 18th century British literature.
2:19 – Ula talks about how she focuses the book.
4:37 – Ula talks about modern female cross-dressing.
7:02 – Ula talks about reasons for cross-dressing in the past.
11:26 – Ula talks about how to differentiate between lesbianism and transgender identity in historic literature.
15:26 – Ula talks about the laws at the time about cross-dressing.
18:17 – Ula talks about the clothes worn by cross-dressers.
21:24 – Ula talks about women acting on stage.
22:46 – Ula talks about men having women dress as men.
25:07 – Ula talks about hair length, tattoos, jewelry and gender.
28:18 – Ula talks about the openness of this literature.
31:31 – Ula talks about Gothic literature and cross-dressing.
33:42 – Ula talks about being surprised at how often women would find cross-dressers attractive.
36:03 – Ula talks about Joan of Arc and the Amazon myth.
38:10 – Ula talks about her research.
42:34 – Ula talks about the use of make-up.
44:30 – Ula talks about gender norms at this time.
47:54 – Ula talks about sexuality at this time.
48:54 – Ula talks about wanting to know more about the real women who cross-dressed.
52:12 – Ula talks about one story that really moved her in the research.
1:03:26 – Ula talks about how she improved her writing style.
1:06:28 – Ula talks about 18th century tourism and queer people engaged in travel.
1:10:05 – Ula is on twitter @kleinula and at sapphiccrossings.weebly.com. She also talks about painting Star Wars art.
https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5438
https://sapphiccrossings.weebly.com/
For more “Full Contact Nerd” please follow me at crisalvarez.com, on Facebook at CrisAlvarezFCN, on youtube at Cris Alvarez on twitter @CrisAlvarezFCN, on Instagram @crisalvarezscifi, and on Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Stitcher / Spotify for the podcast. Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.
Guests: Ula Klein
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, academic, podcast, University of Virginia Press, literary studies, non fiction,
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