Episode 175: Indigenous Horror
from UConn 360: The UConn Podcast Hosted by UConn 360
November is Native American Heritage Month and the current research of assistant professor Kali Simmons examines the representation of Indigenous Peoples in contemporary American horror cinema. She is an enrolled citizen of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and joined the English and social & critical inquiry faculty in 2024. Kali is a graduate of Portland State University and has advanced degrees from the University of Oregon and the University of California-Riverside. This academic year with a fellowship from the UConn Humanities Institute, Kali is working on her latest book, “Savage Screen,” that aims to study how Indigenous people have been represented in U.S. horror through things like ghosts and possession films, where someone is taken over by an evil spirit which prompts them to embark on a killing rampage.
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