Borders in Literature PHD+ - Dipsikha Thakur - Episode 8

Have you ever wondered how borders, dracula, and passports all relate to each other? On this episode of Intersections of Public Service we talk with Dipsikha Thakur, a fourth year Literature PHD student at the University of Virginia. She discusses her partnership with the Weldon Cooper Center as a PHD+ student, as well as her research on how Gothic Literature reflects people’s perspectives on borders.
The books discussed in this podcast as follows:
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Books about Borders Recommendations:
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa
The Invention of Passports by John Torpey
This Land is our land an immigrants manifesto by Suketu Mehta
Words Without Borders Website
Cooper Center Website
Host: Claire Downey
Guest: Lauren Gilbert
Project Manager: Miles Greatwood
Music Credits:
Air Hockey Saloon by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under an Attribution License.
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