GW English Alums On the Move: Ania Soltan and Rajiv Menon
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| Ireland’s Abbey Theatre |
Another former GW English major, Rajiv Menon, BA ’10, is currently working on his PhD in English at New York University. Focusing on popular forms of American cultural production, Rajiv’s research tracks representations of masculinity, identity and suicide in transnational popular culture—particularly film, contemporary fiction, advertising, and television–to locate the power relations that shape the making and unmaking of transnational masculinities. Located within the field of transnational American Studies, his project illuminates what happens to masculine identities under globalization and militarism between the United States, South Asia, and the Middle East. He has presented his research at conferences at King’s College, London, among others, and recently published a book review in the MLA-affiliated SALA journal South Asian Review. We look forward to seeing Rajiv’s research in print soon.
