Darren R. Reid

My core research is concerned with the role played by violence in the shaping of early American society and its role in the creation Native American ‘Otherness’. I am particularly interested in the ways in which ideas of the ‘Other’ manifest themselves in popular culture. Related to this, I have also carried out research on silent film as a vector of challenge and change, particularly the works of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.