HINGE
A Journal of Contemporary Studies 4
The Aura of Remembrance, or Dust Sebastian Ennis
8 Down the Hole and Through the Mirror Andrea Benson
White Ink Reed Clements
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Capital and Power Nicolai Krejburg Knudsen
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Untangling the Myth of Liberal-Democracy in Theory and Practice Gabe Hoogers
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Ugly Beauty and the Toxic Sublime Hilary Sclodnick
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Unsettling Narrative Cate May Burton
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Confronting Kofman’s Smothered Words Tamar Wolofsky
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“Bluffin with my Muffin” Katie Connell
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Publisher Patrick Blenkarn Editors-in-Chief Talia Isaacson Simcha Walfish Layout and Design Rawb Leon-Carlyle Editors Andrew Polhammer Laura Holtebrinck Eyo Ewara James Shields Greta Landis Jon deVerrenes Alanna Loewen
Reviewers Reed Clements Cate May Burton Andrea Benson Shoshana Deutsh Sebastian Ennis Jacob Glover Hilary Sclodnick Rachel Nelems John Maize
Volume xix, 2013 published by etc. press
Hinge: A Journal of Contemporary Studies is an undergraduate academic journal published annually by the Contemporary Studies Society of the King’s Students’ Union at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Please address submissions and inquiries to HINGE EDITORS, c/o Contemporary Studies Office University of King’s COllege 6350 Coburg Rd. Halifax, NS B3H 2A1 Copyright, in all cases, remains with the author.
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