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Representations of blackface and minstrelsy in twenty-first century popular culture (2015)
Thesis

Blackface minstrelsy just ain’t what it used to be. This statement should not be understood as a call for the return of the minstrel show. Quite literally, minstrelsy and its central feature blackface manifest themselves in divergent ways from their... Read More about Representations of blackface and minstrelsy in twenty-first century popular culture.

Celebrity culture and ageing (2015)
Book Chapter
Fairclough, K. (2015). Celebrity culture and ageing. In J. Twigg, & W. Martin (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Cultural Gerontology. Routledge

Despite the proliferation of images of ageing in Western popular culture online and in print
media in recent years, it is striking that media and cultural studies has virtually ignored the subject
of ageing until recently. However, in recent years... Read More about Celebrity culture and ageing.

Growing old in the spotlight : social media and ageing (2015)
Book Chapter

Constructing the Mangaverse : narrative patterns in Marvel’s appropriation of manga products (2015)
Book Chapter

It´s well known that the major global comic producers are Japan and U.S. There are not so many countries where this medium has achieved this importance not only as high-quality producers but also as powerful creators of contents. In fact, there is al... Read More about Constructing the Mangaverse : narrative patterns in Marvel’s appropriation of manga products.

Ouida and Victorian popular culture (2015)
Journal Article
Allan, J. (2015). Ouida and Victorian popular culture. Journal of Victorian Culture, 20(3), 422-425. https://doi.org/10.1080/13555502.2015.1058079

Why Spy? The art of intelligence (2015)
Other
Stewart, B., & Newbery, S. (2015). Why Spy? The art of intelligence. London

Why Spy? distills Brian Stewart’s seventy years of experience in intelligence. Few books currently available have been written by someone who has his practical experience both of field work and of the intelligence bureaucracy at home and abroad. Stew... Read More about Why Spy? The art of intelligence.

Human enhancement in sports (2015)
Book Chapter
Miah, A. (2015). Human enhancement in sports. In W. Bainbridge, & M. Roco (Eds.), Handbook of Science and Technology Convergence (1-13). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04033-2_85-1

This chapter examines the range of sciences and technologies that converge around sports and the implications of this for issues of fairness and ethics. First, it outlines some of the recent scientific developments that speak to the convergence of di... Read More about Human enhancement in sports.

Convergence with the Arts (2015)
Book Chapter
Miah, A. (2015). Convergence with the Arts. In Handbook of Science and Technology Convergence (1-10). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04033-2_33-1

This chapter examines convergence in science and arts by considering two complementary trajectories over the last 25 years. First, it examines the institutional drivers behind convergence, from the perspective of governance and public value within sc... Read More about Convergence with the Arts.

Representations of religion, spirituality and philosophy as international narratives in the manga “Full Metal Alchemist” (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, 2001-2010) (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Hernandez Perez, M. (2015, June). Representations of religion, spirituality and philosophy as international narratives in the manga “Full Metal Alchemist” (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, 2001-2010). Presented at CSS Research Day : Spirituality and Popular Culture / Arts, Centre for Spirituality Studies, University of Hull

Japanese Entertainment Industries may be defined by two main features: its transmedia vocation, or its ability to disseminate narratives through several media at once, and its cross-cultural, or heterogeneous representation of different cultural back... Read More about Representations of religion, spirituality and philosophy as international narratives in the manga “Full Metal Alchemist” (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, 2001-2010).

The fatal attraction of civil war economies: foreign direct investment and political violence. A case study of Colombia (2015)
Journal Article
Maher, D. (2015). The fatal attraction of civil war economies: foreign direct investment and political violence. A case study of Colombia. International Studies Review, 17(2), 217-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/misr.12218

Civil war acutely inhibits economic growth, according to a prominent set of civil war literature. However, recent scholarship observes that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), considered a central vehicle of growth, is entering countries with internal a... Read More about The fatal attraction of civil war economies: foreign direct investment and political violence. A case study of Colombia.