How Did You Get Into Gothic Lit and Horror?
Description
Student Ambassadors Hannah Dibble and Yzzy Bostyn talk to Dr Maisha Wester about her fascination with horror (disappointment with Edgar Allan Poe!), moving from Indiana to Sheffield, Black Lives Matter, racial discourse in horror, and more.
Dr Maisha Wester is a Global Professor at the School of English. You can check out her webpage on the School of English website: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/english/people/academic-staff/maisha-wester
Special shoutout to Mary Going, her Research Associate: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/english/people/academic-staff/mary-going
Links for further reading:
Black Lives Matter US Home Page: https://blacklivesmatter.com/
Black Lives Matter UK Home Page: https://blacklivesmatter.uk/
In Memoriam: I Can't Breathe: https://www.reneeater.com/on-monuments-blog/tag/list+of+unarmed+black+people+killed+by+police
The Equiano Project: https://www.theequianoproject.com/about
Black and British: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0499smp
Intro and Outro clips by Tamás Varga:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8dGOv5rGlA4AN44RCdbA2g/featured?view_as=subscriber
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