Dr. Franny Nudelman

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Franny Nudelman is a Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Carleton University, where she has been employed since 2006. Her academic work emphasizes cultural responses to the problem of war, particularly during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the United States. Nudelman has held previous academic appointments at Yale University and the University of Virginia, focusing on English and American Studies. She authored 'John Brown’s Body: Slavery, Violence, Culture War' which critically examines representations of dead soldiers during the U.S. Civil War in light of the racial violence that affected both free and enslaved African Americans. Her recent publications address radical documentary practices and their relationship to American military expansion and resistance. Nudelman's projects involve investigating the manipulation of documentary representation within political contexts, emphasizing the role of cultural activism. Her interests include U.S. cultural history, documentary studies, and African American cultural activism. Notable recent works include 'Fighting Sleep: War Mind Military', which explores military psychiatry and the effects of sleep on trauma in veterans, and edited volumes on documentary culture, contributing to the understanding of how narrative impacts societal perception of historical events.

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