Cikes, Ivanna
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Person Preferred Name
Ivanna Cikes _none
Person Alternate Names
Ivanna Cikes _none
Position
Faculty Member
Field of Activity
Nationalism
Collective memory
Henry James
Email/Contact
cikesi@douglascollege.ca
Department
Status
current
Affiliation Date
2010 to open end
Identifier (Other)
cikesi
Education and Credentials
PhD (Brandeis University)
MA (Central European University)
BEd (University of British Columbia
BA (University of British Columbia)
Memberships
Henry James Society
For my PhD dissertation, I examined the effect the new visual technology of photography had on American writers of the 19th and early 20th century – both in terms of how they wrote and how they saw themselves as visible public figures. My 1130 course is an outgrowth of this interest in visual culture and self-identity. In other words, the questions I find most fascinating are: how do different forms of representation in popular culture affect how we view ourselves and others? How are these representations framed and narrated? How do these views affect our understanding of the world around us?
I also teach classes on Fear in Fiction (what the noir, ‘thriller,’ or suspense genres from various eras tell us about what society fears) and Gender and the Hero (a look at the role of the female hero and how this role exposes gender issues of our time).
Currently, I am revising and expanding my dissertation chapters on Frederick Douglass and Henry James for conference presentations and publication.
PhD (Brandeis University)
MA (Central European University)
BEd (University of British Columbia
BA (University of British Columbia)
Memberships
Henry James Society
For my PhD dissertation, I examined the effect the new visual technology of photography had on American writers of the 19th and early 20th century – both in terms of how they wrote and how they saw themselves as visible public figures. My 1130 course is an outgrowth of this interest in visual culture and self-identity. In other words, the questions I find most fascinating are: how do different forms of representation in popular culture affect how we view ourselves and others? How are these representations framed and narrated? How do these views affect our understanding of the world around us?
I also teach classes on Fear in Fiction (what the noir, ‘thriller,’ or suspense genres from various eras tell us about what society fears) and Gender and the Hero (a look at the role of the female hero and how this role exposes gender issues of our time).
Currently, I am revising and expanding my dissertation chapters on Frederick Douglass and Henry James for conference presentations and publication.
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