A deep-dive into the use of children’s animation as a propaganda tool in the Second World War, by Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia.
Tag: 20th century
Women’s Bodies as Ideological Battlefields
This article investigates how Reza Shah Pahlavi’s forced unveiling policy politicized the bodies of Iranian women and examines the effects of this politicization.
She did not stand aside
Volume 39, nr. 1 10 minutes By Michelle Moonen, English This article reveals the dynamic interplay between invented traditions, imagined communities and commemoration of the Second World War within the Utrecht student association U.V.S.V. The Utrecht student association U.V.S.V, a so-called ‘gezelligheidsvereniging,’ has its own way of traditions commemorating the Second World War. How can […]
Producing punk
Volume 38, nr. 3 10 minutes By Merlijn Barkema, English The history of the ‘anarchy shirt’: “Commodification and consumption were always part of the punk subculture.” What do fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, artist and producer Malcolm McLaren and the band members of the Sex Pistols have in common? They are the central figures in the […]
The Color Purple deserves a gold medal
Review of The Color Purple: “Life is brutal for young black girls, and so is this book for its readers.”
The Strangeness of Stranger Things
Accuracy of Stranger Things: “Is the only fiction in the series the Upside Down, or are there more strange things going on here?”
Six Degrees of Self-Delusion
A special yearbook from 1942: “This book is not ordinary at all, but the materialisation of some despicable beliefs.”
Destroying Democracy
Philippe Pétain’s methods and reasons for undermining democracy: “During World War II, the democratic institutions of the French Republic were actively destroyed.”
