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Susan Dine
@susandine.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer @ Vanderbilt University. Art historian studying arts of Japan (medieval Buddhist works and 18th-19th century Ainu works). Museum Studies scholar.
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😂 That sounds like the perfect intersection of two of my interests. Asian influences on Jedi and really, more broadly, on the visual choices made for the Star Wars movies are fascinating!
Right?? I admit I’m guilty of thinking about wearable iconography as a bit cringe and capitalistic (not that this is absent, of course), but I’m nuancing my thinking more and more as I consider various premodern practices.
I’m waiting impatiently for it to come into our library!
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Susan Dine
@susandine.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer @ Vanderbilt University. Art historian studying arts of Japan (medieval Buddhist works and 18th-19th century Ainu works). Museum Studies scholar.
53 followers34 following11 posts