Cultural Traditions

Introduction: The Ghost in the Machine I confess, I laughed. When I first saw it—the goal, the deadpan stare, the...

Section 1: Introduction - The Historian's Dilemma and the Gilt-Thread Question As a costume historian, I’ve always found a certain...

Introduction: The Fracture in the Myth As a cultural historian, I have spent years navigating the labyrinthine narratives of pop...

Introduction: The Frustration in the Reflection The journey often begins in the unforgiving clarity of a bathroom mirror. For the...

Introduction: The Mystery of the Mirror In the ever-shifting landscape of social media, where cultural artifacts are resurrected for a...

Introduction: The Tapes that Shook the World When Netflix released 13 Reasons Why on March 31, 2017, it did more...