The International Relations of Middle Earth
I just watched a C-SPAN 2 book talk by Patrick James about his and Abigail
Ruane's book, which utilizes aspects of Middle Earth politics and peoples to illuminate facets of international relations. Here are some brief reviews : Quote:
Btw, he seems to have a fairly sound knowledge of Middle-earth (texts) but does cite and consider PJ's works a bit too much. Oh, and Galadriel. Well, he classifies her as the single most potent of the free peoples (I guess arguably true if you exclude a few wizards). And presumably Arwen is more your American fundamentalist type of woman. A wee bit traditional. |
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of Laketown. Or in PJ's movies the King of the Goblins (although that's being rather unfair to the Goblin King- the GK isn't that "big boned"). :eek: |
Surely Galadriel is our current dear Elizabeth II and Celeborn her beloved spouse who can be a bit of a liability at times.
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I don't know if you could actually classify each female character as representative of a particular aspect of feminism - it's a constantly shifting philosophy. But you could certainly read Tolkien's works and apply different types of feminist reading to it. For example, if you applied this new concept of 'intersectionality' then you could conclude that most of the female characters are quite privileged, though you could have a field day with Eowyn's cross dressing. Not. Going. There. Right now... I always think Galadriel has a little bit of the Maggie Thatcher about her, especially when she thinks about what might happen if she gets her hands on the One Ring ;) |
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