"Love is home-sickness": Nostalgia and lesbian desire in 'Sapphira and the Slave Girl.'

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Historical aspect of slavery merges with nostalgic desire in Willa Cather's 'Sapphira and the Slave Girl' as time and place assume the role of lost love-object instead of a setting. As Cather experiments with the form, she uses the genre of Gothicism to limit the effect of brutality and sexual violence. The mother-daughter reunion in the epilog is an idealization that replaces the trauma of heterosexulaity, sadism of lesbian desire and violence through regression. The novel's nostalgic desire complements its gothic apprehensions as memories of home hide horrors of history.

Criticism and interpretation, Lesbianism, Cather, Willa, Nostalgia, Sapphira and the Slave Girl (Book)

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'Georgia' on their mind

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Jennifer Jason Leigh, the star of the new film 'Georgia', brought much of her own personal experiences with her older sibling to the film. Both she and co-star Mare Winningham used their own 19 year friendship in their portrayal of two troubled sisters.

Performances, Sibling rivalry, Georgia (Motion picture), Leigh, Jennifer Jason, Winningham, Mare

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Savannah civilities

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A description of a trip to Savannah, GA, is presented. The attractions of the city's historical district and some of its more than 2,000 historic buildings and restored houses are discussed.

Description and travel, Historic buildings, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia

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