This is a syllabus for a graduate (M.A.) seminar on modernism and sound studies. It involves both traditional academic assignments and a few experimental/creative ones. Feel free to email me (jepstein pdx.edu) if you have questions.

This is the Introduction to my new book, _Victorian Skin: Surface, Self, History_.

This paper examines the multi-layered adaptation and (re)presentation of the male impersonator on the Victorian music hall stage. It focuses specifically on the act of performing the performance of gender, the sexual titillation that ensues from such an act and how the format of delivery can impact audience reactions towards the cross-dresser.…[Read more]