ENGB31 Lecture Notes - Transphobia, The Golden Ass, Essentialism
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Is like a guide who talks about the city. Making it seem like ny is the unreal realm and the land is the real realm. The supernatural invasion of new york: this is a fantasy world, too (delany: notice all the crossing. The colour of barbie"s world kind of bleed out to black and white. The way how barbie is fake a fantasy to her where she tries to make herself fantastic the way she forms her identity. Compares the subway to a magi carpet ride. Moment of hesitation (todorov, the fantastic: the marvelous (supernatural accepted) the fantastic . Supernatural is completely accept so no one questions. Antasy vs fantastic two fantastic alterities. Intertextuality: barbie keeps referencing the wizard of oz, i felt like bilbo in mirkwood, in that bit where the giant spiders get them . Childhood books on her self represents her dream world. Wizard of oz, book on witches, narnia. Her parents wont let her read comics.
