Chaganti, Seeta. "Deplatforming Chaucer." Throughlines. www.throughlines.org/suite-content/deplatforming-chaucer. [Date accessed].

Deplatforming Chaucer

Using Chaucer's House of Fame to talk about the political memorialization of the past.

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Seeta Chaganti
University of California, Davis

Given that The House of Fame is concerned with the broadcasting of speech, the meaning of what is broadcast, and the platforming of the histories that produce our political ideologies, it incorporates many of the central terms involved in any discussion of not only monuments, but also deplatforming and free expression. It is thus a useful—maybe especially useful in its unexpectedness—place for a discussion about the role of Confederate monuments and other forms of oppressive memorializations in our country.

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