1 hr 14 min
Episode 13A: Alias Grace Part 1 Interdisciplinary History Pod
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This episode kicks off the first of a three part series where we will be examine the 2017 mini-series Alias Grace. This CBC production is a fictionalized retelling of the events surrounding a murder trial in mid-19th century Canada. Over the next few episodes Sloan and Viktoria will unpack the depiction of pre-confederation urban life in Ontario. The story told in Alias Grace is only inspired by the historical events surrounding the murder trial and conviction of Grace Marks. As such, rather than analyzing the events depicted, these episodes will instead focus on how well this min-series depicts the historical realities of life and society in the era.
In this first installment of looking at Alias Grace, Viktoria discusses depictions of urban and rural domesticity, and Sloan unpacks experiences of immigration.
Alias Grace is based off the 1996 book by Margaret Atwood by the same title. If you'd like to watch the series yourself as we continue to discuss it over the next few episodes it is available on Netflix to Canadian service users at the time of this instalment being published.
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Source Materials and Further Reading
Kenneally, Michael. 2014 "Irish Immigration to Nineteenth Century Canada: Alternative Narratives"
Keough, Willeen G. 2013 "Unpacking the Discursive Irish Woman Immigrant in Eighteenth- and Nineteen-Century Newfoundland" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09670882.2012.759709
Melnyk, George. 2018 "The County of Half Welcomes: Canada's Checkered History With Refugees"
Palmer, Bryan D. 1993 "Nineteenth-Century Canada and Australia: The Paradoxes of Class Formation"
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This episode kicks off the first of a three part series where we will be examine the 2017 mini-series Alias Grace. This CBC production is a fictionalized retelling of the events surrounding a murder trial in mid-19th century Canada. Over the next few episodes Sloan and Viktoria will unpack the depiction of pre-confederation urban life in Ontario. The story told in Alias Grace is only inspired by the historical events surrounding the murder trial and conviction of Grace Marks. As such, rather than analyzing the events depicted, these episodes will instead focus on how well this min-series depicts the historical realities of life and society in the era.
In this first installment of looking at Alias Grace, Viktoria discusses depictions of urban and rural domesticity, and Sloan unpacks experiences of immigration.
Alias Grace is based off the 1996 book by Margaret Atwood by the same title. If you'd like to watch the series yourself as we continue to discuss it over the next few episodes it is available on Netflix to Canadian service users at the time of this instalment being published.
Please support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/interdis_hist
Follow or reach out to us on our social media or email us at: interdisciplinaryhistgroupmu@gmail.com.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistatMac
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyatmac/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsB7Q-NyysE7TiR7vN442A?app=desktop
Website: https://interdisciplinaryh.wixsite.com/mysite
Source Materials and Further Reading
Kenneally, Michael. 2014 "Irish Immigration to Nineteenth Century Canada: Alternative Narratives"
Keough, Willeen G. 2013 "Unpacking the Discursive Irish Woman Immigrant in Eighteenth- and Nineteen-Century Newfoundland" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09670882.2012.759709
Melnyk, George. 2018 "The County of Half Welcomes: Canada's Checkered History With Refugees"
Palmer, Bryan D. 1993 "Nineteenth-Century Canada and Australia: The Paradoxes of Class Formation"
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1 hr 14 min