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From Carnism to Cannibalism: intersectional speciesism in fiction film, Cloud Atlas (2024)
Book Chapter
Herring, L. (2024). From Carnism to Cannibalism: intersectional speciesism in fiction film, Cloud Atlas. In L. Herring, & C. Parkinson (Eds.), Animal Activism On and Off Screen. Sydney University Press. https://doi.org/10.30722/sup.9781743329757

documentaries. This chapter explores what a fiction film can say about animal activism when read from a critical intersectional perspective. In 2012 Cloud Atlas was released to surprisingly little fanfare, garnering mixed reviews and underperforming... Read More about From Carnism to Cannibalism: intersectional speciesism in fiction film, Cloud Atlas.

Olive Schreiner in the World: An Introduction (2023)
Book Chapter
Munslow Ong, J., & Van der Vlies, A. (2023). Olive Schreiner in the World: An Introduction. In J. Munslow Ong, & A. Van der Vlies (Eds.), Olive Schreiner: Writing Networks and Global Contexts. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Scoring the Unseen: Composition Film Music for Radio Drama (2023)
Book Chapter
Williams, A. (in press). Scoring the Unseen: Composition Film Music for Radio Drama. In P. Verhulst, & J. Mildorf (Eds.), Word, Sound and Music in Radio Drama. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers

This book chapter, part of the volume Word, Sound and Music in Radio Drama, describes the process of writing an orchestral score for a BBC Radio drama (The Kraken Wakes, Savvy Productions/ BBC, 2015) designed to be performed live alongside the actors... Read More about Scoring the Unseen: Composition Film Music for Radio Drama.

Michaela Coel’s Chewing Gum: Redefining ‘Unruliness’ in London’s East End (2023)
Book Chapter
Minor, L. (2023). Michaela Coel’s Chewing Gum: Redefining ‘Unruliness’ in London’s East End. In M. Irwin, & J. Marshall (Eds.), UK and Irish Television Comedy: Nation, Region and Identity. Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter explores Michaela Coel and her original TV sitcom Chewing Gum (E4, 2015-) through two key concepts: 'unruliness' (Rowe, 1995) and 'intersectionality'. The argument established initially by Kathleen Rowe - that female comic performance is... Read More about Michaela Coel’s Chewing Gum: Redefining ‘Unruliness’ in London’s East End.

'Limmy-nality':21st Century Glaswegian Scottish-ness in the comedy of Brian 'Limmy' Limmond (2023)
Book Chapter
Wilkie, I. (2023). 'Limmy-nality':21st Century Glaswegian Scottish-ness in the comedy of Brian 'Limmy' Limmond. In UK and Irish TV Comedy Collection. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23629-7

The global Covid-19 pandemic of 2020-2021 has made the production and dissemination of the comic work of Scottish comedian Brian ‘Limmy’ Limmond (b. Glasgow, 1974) seem innovative to the point of being prophetic. As an established Scottish comic aute... Read More about 'Limmy-nality':21st Century Glaswegian Scottish-ness in the comedy of Brian 'Limmy' Limmond.

Innovating free-to-air broadcasting: Social value, broadcast content, and personal mobile communications. (2023)
Book Chapter
Simpson, S., & Rashid, I. (2023). Innovating free-to-air broadcasting: Social value, broadcast content, and personal mobile communications. In M. Puppis, & C. Ali (Eds.), Public service media’s contribution to society (175–192). Goteborg: Nordicom. https://doi.org/10.48335/9789188855756-9

This chapter analyses recent evidence of efforts by broadcast players to move into personal mobile communications through the delivery of broadcast content to smartphones. It explores innovation strategies related to the broadcast distribution channe... Read More about Innovating free-to-air broadcasting: Social value, broadcast content, and personal mobile communications..

‘Hello Big Ears’: Reporting royalty in the provincial press (2023)
Book Chapter
O'Reilly, C. (2023). ‘Hello Big Ears’: Reporting royalty in the provincial press. In A. Beck, & R. Keeble (Eds.), Reporting Royalty: Analysing the Media and the Monarchy (18-22). London: MGM Books

Against the backdrop of the first coronation in 70 years, polls reflecting the changing public mood music about the British royal family, and an historic series of courtroom battles between Prince Harry and Britain's biggest selling newspapers, here... Read More about ‘Hello Big Ears’: Reporting royalty in the provincial press.

“Goulash socialism” vs feminism? Beauvoir in Hungary (2023)
Book Chapter
Hurley, U., & Naray-Davey, S. (2023). “Goulash socialism” vs feminism? Beauvoir in Hungary. In J. Bullock, & P. Henry-Tierney (Eds.), Translating Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex: Transnational Framing, Interpretation, and Impact (83-104). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003363767-7

This chapter seeks to illuminate the ways in which cultural and historical conditions in Hungary have made aspects of Beauvoir’s thought less legible in the socialist and post-socialist context. Setting out these conditions, the chapter goes on to in... Read More about “Goulash socialism” vs feminism? Beauvoir in Hungary.

Applying linguistics to theatre production processes: the strategic use of silence during technical rehearsals (2023)
Book Chapter
Zezulka, K. (2023). Applying linguistics to theatre production processes: the strategic use of silence during technical rehearsals. In S. Ainsworth, D. Griffiths, & K. Pahl (Eds.), Multimodality and Multilingualism: Towards an Integrative Approach. Multilingual Matters

While emerging scholars in applied linguistics are beginning to widen the scope of the field to include live and performing arts – for example, methods of creative inquiry (McKay and Bradley, 2016; Bradley and Harvey, 2019) and the impact of universi... Read More about Applying linguistics to theatre production processes: the strategic use of silence during technical rehearsals.

Translating Personas: French Singers on Film (2023)
Book Chapter
Willis, A. (2023). Translating Personas: French Singers on Film. In K. Fairclough, & J. Wood (Eds.), Pop Stars on Film: Popular Culture in a Global Market (95-110). UK: Bloomsbury Academic

Introduction: Thinking Light (2023)
Book Chapter
Graham, K., Palmer, S., & Zezulka, K. (2023). Introduction: Thinking Light. In S. Palmer, J. McKinney, S. Di Benedetto, & K. Graham (Eds.), Contemporary Performance Lighting: Experience, Creativity and Meaning. Bloomsbury Publishing

Language, creativity, and collaboration (2023)
Book Chapter
Zezulka, K. (2023). Language, creativity, and collaboration. In S. Palmer, J. McKinney, S. De Benedetto, & K. Graham (Eds.), Contemporary Performance Lighting: Experience, Creativity and Meaning. Bloomsbury Publishing

Transnational filmmaker, fanboy-auteur: screening Nolan’s Inception in China (2023)
Book Chapter
Herring, L. (2023). Transnational filmmaker, fanboy-auteur: screening Nolan’s Inception in China. In C. Parkinson, & I. Labrouillere (Eds.), A Critical Companion to Christopher Nolan. Rowman & Littlefield

Since the release of Batman Begins (2005) in China, Christopher Nolan’s films have performed increasingly well in the Chinese film market. As the world’s fastest growing film market, China has become the primary export destination for Hollywood films... Read More about Transnational filmmaker, fanboy-auteur: screening Nolan’s Inception in China.