Week 7:  Borden Criticism

October 27

 We will read four essays from a special issue of Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory from 2013 devoted to Lizzie Borden’s films, including:

• Craig Willse & Dean Spade, “We are Born in Flames”
  
• Lucas Hilderbrand, “In the heat of the moment: Notes on the past, present, and future of Born in Flames”
  
• Christina B. Hanhardt, “Laurel and Harvey: Screening militant gay liberalism and lesbian radicalism circa 1980”
  
• Stephen Dillon, “‘It’s here, it’s that time:’ Race, queer futurity, and the temporality of violence in Born in Flames”

Please also find and read two secondary sources related to your JP. 

1. Write one discussion question related to one (or more) of the Lizzie Borden articles. 2. Write short responses (~200 words) to each of the JP sources you selected. Use these responses in whatever way is most helpful. You might consider what scholarly arguments this article engages in, reflect on key arguments, and/or discuss connections you see between this article and your JP topic.

Day in Archives/Library/Museum