Building a Narrative: Uses and Misuses of Antiquity at the Manitoba Legislature
Fri. May. 19, 2023
Dr. Melissa Funke has published an article in a special issue of Global Media Journal entitled “Building a Narrative: Uses and Misuses of Antiquity at the Manitoba Legislature.” Dr. Funke’s work was inspired by the toppling of the statue of Queen Victoria in July 2021, but she delves into the exclusionary narrative told by the statuary on the Legislature and connects the toppling of the statue to ancient Roman practices of damnatio memoriae.