Racism, class differences and other political issuses and Tolkien
Articles:
Bratman, D. (2007). The Year’s Work in Tolkien Studies 2004. Tolkien Studies. 4 (1), 325–354.
I read a little bit of this article and it talks about the relationship of Frodo and Sam. This goes along with the “class difference” part of my topic.
Chance J. Subversive Fantasist:Tolkien on Class Difference. The Lord of the Rings, 1954–2004:Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder [e-book].Milwaukee, WI: Marquette UP; 2006:153–168. Available from: MLA International Bibliography, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 15, 2008.
The title of this artice makes me believe that it will be good for my paper.
Curry, P. (2007). Reading “The Lord of the Rings”: New Writings on Tolkien’s Classic (review). Tolkien Studies. 4 (1), 297–302.
I read a little bit of this article and it has parts of it that has to do with the relationship of Sam and Frodo.
Hoiem, E. M. (2005). World Creation as Colonization: British Imperialism in “Aldarion and Erendis”. Tolkien Studies. 2 (1), 75–92.
The first sentence of this article has to do with the celebration of cultural differences in the Lord of the Rings.
Hooker M. Frodo’s Batman. Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review [serial online]. 2004;1(1):125–136. Available from: MLA International Bibliography, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 15, 2008.
I read part of the article and it has to do with the relationship of Sam and Frodo and how that connects with the relationship between different ranks of people in the military (which is somewhat like a class difference).
Hughes, S. F. D. (2004).
Tolkien Worldwide. MFS Modern Fiction Studies. 50 (4), 980–1014.
Inglis F. Gentility and Powerlessness: Tolkien and the New Class. J. R. R. Tolkien: This Far Land [e-book].London; Totowa, NJ: Vision; Barnes & Noble; 1983:25–41. Available from: MLA International Bibliography, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 15, 2008.
I have not received this item yet.
Kim, S. (2004). Beyond Black and White: Race and Postmodernism in The Lord of the Rings Films. MFS Modern Fiction Studies. 50 (4), 875–907.
The title of this article makes me believe that it will work for my paper seeing as my topic is racism and other political issues and Tolkien
Rearick, A. (2004). Why is the Only Good Orc a Dead Orc? The Dark Face of Racism Examined in Tolkien’s World. MFS Modern Fiction Studies. 50 (4), 861–874.
The subject terms that came up for this article were Orcs and the relationship to racism.
-<Reid, Robin . “Tolkien’s Modern Middle Ages,.” Tolkien Studies Volume 42007 314–323. 15 Oct 2008
I skimmed this article and it has some sections on race and other cutural differences.
Reid, R. A. (2006).
“J. R. R. Tolkien Special Issue,” Mfs: Modern Fiction Studies, 50 no. 4 (Winter 2004) (review). Tolkien Studies. 3 (1), 178–182.
Werber, N. (2005). Geo- and Biopolitics of Middle-earth: A German Reading of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. New Literary History. 36 (2), 227–246
I skimmed this article and found some information on races and the differences between the Elves and Dwarves and how this plays out in the relationship between the two.
Books:
Fimi, D. (2008).
Tolkien, race, and cultural history: from fairies to Hobbits. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Garth, John. Tolkien and the Great War. Houghton Mifflin Books, 2005.
