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University of Oslo David Williams, University of Manitoba 2 Vol. 10.1 (December 2017) the quint : an interdisciplinary quarterly from the north 3 contents contents EDITORIAL RECONSIDERING IMMORTALITY, CONSUMPTION & TRAGEDY IN THE NARRATIVE STRUCTURE OF DC COMICS' SUPERMAN by Kwasu David Tembo.................................................................................................................109 after i read by Brian MacKinnon.............................................................................9 HUNGER by Léna Remy-Kovach..........................................................................135 Winter Fantasy by Sue Matheson..............................................................................10 Winter Eventide by Sue Matheson.........................................................................136 The Role of Food in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth Century Colonialism in North America THE MACROECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY OF EDUCATION TOURISM IN by Jim Daems..........................................................................................................11 BRITAIN'S ECONOMY, 1895 - 2015 by Ben-Akinduro C. Funmike.................137 OFF TO THE FUTURE by Rupert M. Loydell.......................................................36 Raven #3 by Sue Matheson...................................................................................161 Sentry in Black and White by Sue Matheson.........................................................38 from Battle For Life: A Poetic Autobiography by Zhang Yawen translated by Ying Critical Issues in Research Ethics Involving Human Subjects by Jim Gough.........39 Kong..................................................................................................................162 SQUATTING by Allen Berry.................................................................................60 Snow #2 by Sue Matheson.................................................................................170 Marshmallow Treats by Sue Matheson..................................................................59 A Study of the Dramaturgy of Fatalism in Lancelot Imasuen's Invasion 1897 by Taiwo Okunola Afolabi and Stephen Ogheneruro Posing a Problem: Prozac Nation and the ghostly failures of Jewish American Okapadah...........................................................................................................171 Assimilation by Amy Tziporah Karp....................................................................62 PAGE 129 by Rupert M. Loydell........................................................................191 ABOUT THE SKY by Rupert M. Loydell.............................................................94 A Road Not Taken by Sue Matheson....................................................................193 Snoangel #2 by Sue Matheson...............................................................................96 Sweating in two Worlds by Joseph D. Atoyebi.........................................................194 Intervening Angels, May 1937 by Margaret Shaw-MacKinnon.............................97 DECONSTRUCTION by Allen Berry..................................................................220 LINGUISTICS by Allen Berry.............................................................................107 Frosted by Sue Matheson.....................................................................................224 Treads #1 by Sue Matheson..................................................................................108 "Guess I do Look Rotten--Yust out of Hospital": Female Psychological Turmoil in Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie by Olfa Gandouz.................................................225 4 Vol. 10.1 (December 2017) the quint : an interdisciplinary quarterly from the north 5 EDITORIAL contents It is December, and the quint is now ten years old, healthy and growing. This Christmas, new writers from around the world have joined the journal. Showcasing articles from ANOTHER DARK TOMORROW by Rupert M. Loydell....................................248 Canada, the United States, Scotland, Nigeria, Tunisia, Italy, and India, this quint begins Moon Above Batbox on Birch by Sue Matheson.................................................251 with Jim Daems' fascinating study of food as a colonial marker in sixteenth and seven- teenth century North America. Daems argues that early modern colonizers used food as "The twisted feet, the half-blind eyes, are easily forgotten": The Collision of Trauma a means by which to structure their perceptions of the indigene. Jim Gough's thoughtful and Counter-Trauma in J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians by Suchismita Dutta..................................................................................................................252 "Critical Issues in Research Ethics Involving Human Subjects" follows. Gough's consid- erations invite more discussion about the controversial topics and issues associated with Shadows on the wall by R.P. Singh......................................................................266 making decisions about the use of human subjects in scientific research. Next, in "Pos- Windy Day by Sue Matheson...........................................................................268 ing a Problem: Prozac Nation and the ghostly failures of Jewish American Assimilation," Amy Tziporah Karp explores problematics/prohibitions in the Jewish American assimila- Boxing Helena: An Obsession Worth Recovering by Antonio Sanna.....................271 tion narrative. Following, Kwasu David Tembo's "RECONSIDERING IMMORTAL- CAFFEINE NATION by Allen Berry...................................................................275 ITY, CONSUMPTION & TRAGEDY IN THE NARRATIVE STRUCTURE OF DC COMICS' SUPERMAN " assesses the phenomena of Superman’s immortality in Snow Fence by Sue Matheson...............................................................................276 terms of athanasia as well as timelessness. A careful and well-supported examination, The First Ingredient by Walter M. Young..............................................................277 Ben-Akinduro C. Funmike's "THE MACROECONOM-IC SUSTAINABILITY OF EDUCATION TOURISM IN BRITAIN'S ECONOMY, 1895 - 2015"outlines the Main Street, The Pas, MB by Sue Matheson............................................................282 impact and viability of education tourism to the economy of the UK as a sustainable A Review of Arundhati Roy's The Ministry of Utmost Happinessby Paromita industry to the national economy and within a growing global market. Taiwo Okunola Sengupta.............................................................................................................283 Afolabi and Stephen Ogheneruro Okapadah's "A Study of the Dramaturgy of Fatalism in Lancelot Imasuen's Invasion 1897" finds a