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‘Uncircumcised boys’ and ‘girl Spartans’: youth, gender and generation in colonial insurgencies and counterinsurgency, c. 1954–59
(Wiley, 19 January 2021)Both male and female youth were significant actors in anti-colonial insurgencies, but their involvement has been neglected in existing historiographies due to the marginalisation of youth voices in colonial archives. This ... -
J’ai vécu : the impact of the French Revolution on the lives of two Cornishmen, John Pollard and James Quick
(University of Exeter, Institute of Cornish Studies, 5 March 2021)Two documents found in the collection of the Morrab Library, Penzance, give an insight into the impact of Revolutionary France and the Napoleonic Wars on ordinary Cornishmen. John Pollard, a ship’s Captain from Newlyn, a ... -
From association to dissociation: the NRP's translatio of Gourmont
(Pennsylvania State University Press, 18 November 2020)This study explores the influence of the French Symbolist poet, novelist, and literary critic Remy de Gourmont on Chaïm Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca's conception of dissociation. It proposes translatio—the medieval ... -
Concerning Beards. Facial Hair, Health and Practice in England 1650-1900
(Bloomsbury Academic, 25 January 2021)Providing a new understanding of the meanings and motivations behind the wearing of beards, moustaches and whiskers, and their associated practices and practitioners, this book provides an important new long-term perspective ... -
State Authority and Convict Agency in the Paper Panopticon: The Recording of Convict Ages in Nineteenth-Century England and Australia
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 16 November 2021)The nineteenth century witnessed the creation of a ‘paper Panopticon’ designed to capture information about offenders in England, especially those who were transported to Australia. This article considers the effectiveness ...