Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Patrick Joseph Caoile published a chapter in Narratives of Confinement in American Pop Culture from De Gruyter Brill.
The chapter “Taylor Swift’s American Retreat: Covid, Cardigans, and Confinement in folklore” explores how Taylor Swift leverages an aesthetic of confinement to dictate the narratives around her work and public persona as a female singer-songwriter.
Posted December 22, 2025
