Sovereign Power and Punishment as Spectacle (Bran I, AGoT) - a podcast by Trope Watchers

In this episode we explore how sovereign power is wielded in the North and consider the function of Gared's execution as a spectacle. 

 

Mentioned in this episode:

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  Foucault, M. 1977, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, translated by A. Sheridan, Penguin, London.

  
  
  



• Race for the Iron Throne (Bran I Analysis): https://racefortheironthrone.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/chapter-by-chapter-analysis-bran1/ 

 

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