Kindred | Themes
As Dana's arm is trapped in the wall of her home in the final episode of her time-traveling experiences between antebellum Maryland and 1970s Los Angeles, literally, we are trapped in history. There is no escape. Indeed, some of us do not even survive — worse, arguably, than being an amputee. Put another way, we are mutilated by history.
On the other hand, history infuses us with the energy which splits into desire and anger that directs our lives and gives them force. For people who inherit the particular past that was slavery in America, the effects of that agonizing social...
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