Racial Anxiety and Surveillance in American Gothic Lit and Pop Culture with Dr. Kelly Ross

Ivory Tower Boiler Room · Apr 4, 2025 · 1h 4m

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Dr. Kelly Ross, who specializes in American Gothic literature (yes that means Edgar Allan Poe), talks all things about why she is so drawn to 19th-century literature and her work on African American literature. She explains her recent work on "surveillance" in the works of Poe, Harriet Jacobs, and Charles Ball who are rarely studied together, and how they invert power dynamics.

Kelly talks about how important it is…