“The Goodman of Wastness”
Posted in Colonization on Feb 22nd, 2022
Upon reading “The Goodman of Wastness,” I considered the possibility that the Goodman stealing the skins of the Selkie was a metaphor for colonization. I came to this conclusion after looking up that a goodman is a term for the male head of household, and wastness means desolation. This can be inferred from the words […]