Abstract
“What Does It Mean to Talk about Tolkien and Diversity? A Look within and without the Legendarium” considers racial diversity by focusing on the structure of Tolkien’s universe, both how it is modelled on ancient and medieval concepts like the Great Chain of Being and the Declining Ages of Man, but also remakes those models. In addition, it considers responses to racial structures perceived in Tolkien’s work.
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Kisor, Yvette
(2023)
"What Does It Mean to Talk about Tolkien and Diversity? A Look within and without the Legendarium,"
Journal of Tolkien Research: Vol. 18:
Iss.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol18/iss1/3
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Comments
This paper was delivered as a Keynote Talk at Oxonmoot 2020 on Sunday 20 September 2020.