Family and Legitimacy as a Construct (Jon I, Catelyn II,&Arya I, AGoT) - a podcast by Trope Watchers

In this episode we think about "legitimacy" in family units as a social, legal, and moral construct.

 

Mentioned in this episode:

• Finn, M., Lobban, M., Taylor, J.B. and Taylor, J.B. (eds.) 2010, Legitimacy and illegitimacy in nineteenth-century law, literature and history, Springer.



• Safire, W. 1985, "On Language; Unwed Words," The New York Times Magazine. https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/11/magazine/on-language-unwed-words.html



• Liedl, J. 2017, "Rocking Cradles and Hatching Dragons: Parents in Game of Thrones," in B.A. Pavlac (ed.) Game of Thrones versus History: Written in Blood, Wiley Blackwell.

 

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