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Mind usurps program : virtuality and the “new machine aesthetic” of electronic dance music (2016)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2016). Mind usurps program : virtuality and the “new machine aesthetic” of electronic dance music. In S. Whiteley, & S. Rambarran (Eds.), Oxford University Press Handbook of Music and Virtuality. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press

This chapter outlines the changes in perceptions of Electronic Dance Music across the phase of the introduction of virtuality. The chapter argues that such music must be read in relation to its conception of its audience, and that the audience, often... Read More about Mind usurps program : virtuality and the “new machine aesthetic” of electronic dance music.

Beyoncé’s celebrity feminism and performances of female empowerment in the arena concert (2015)
Book Chapter
Fairclough, K. (2015). Beyoncé’s celebrity feminism and performances of female empowerment in the arena concert. In B. Halligan, K. Fairclough, R. Edgar, & N. Spelman (Eds.), The Arena Concert : Music, Media and Mass Entertainment. London: Bloombsury

Through her live arena performances, pop/R and B artist Beyoncé Knowles appears to promote a shiny, depthless feminism that mass audiences can embrace. This chapter will provide a critical analysis of her 2013-2014 arena concert tour, The Mrs Carter... Read More about Beyoncé’s celebrity feminism and performances of female empowerment in the arena concert.

Intimate live girls (2015)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2015). Intimate live girls. In B. Halligan, N. Spelman, R. Edgar, & K. Fairclough-Isaacs (Eds.), The Arena Concert: Music, Media and Mass Entertainment. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic

The arena concert requires a particular type of liveness of performance in order to transcend impersonal mass entertainment. Liveness here looks to authenticity and happenstance, privileges personal communications and seeks to live in the moment, and... Read More about Intimate live girls.

From countercultures to suburban cultures : Frank Zappa after 1968 (2014)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2014). From countercultures to suburban cultures : Frank Zappa after 1968. In S. Whiteley, & J. Sklower (Eds.), Countercultures and Popular Music (187-202). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315574479

Publisher's description of book: ’Counterculture’ emerged as a term in the late 1960s and has been re-deployed in more recent decades in relation to other forms of cultural and socio-political phenomena. This volume provides an essential new academ... Read More about From countercultures to suburban cultures : Frank Zappa after 1968.

Shoegaze as the third wave : affective psychedelic noise, c. 1965-1991 (2013)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2013). Shoegaze as the third wave : affective psychedelic noise, c. 1965-1991. In M. Goddard, B. Halligan, & N. Spelman (Eds.), Resonances : Noise and Contemporary Music. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic

Publisher's description of book: Resonances is a compelling collection of new essays by scholars, writers and musicians, all seeking to explore and enlighten this field of study. Noise seems to stand for a lack of aesthetic grace, to alienate or d... Read More about Shoegaze as the third wave : affective psychedelic noise, c. 1965-1991.

Sshhh (2012)
Book Chapter
Cookney, D. (2012). Sshhh. In M. Goddard, B. Halligan, & P. Hegarty (Eds.), The Philosophy, Aesthetics and Politics of Noise (147-163). London: Continuum (Bloomsbury)

This chapter documents a process undertaken by the author in summer 2010. Submitted as part of the University of Salford’s MA Communication Design programme, the study resulted in a practice-based outcome – a compact disc of audio recordings housed w... Read More about Sshhh.

‘As if from the sky’: Divine and secular dramaturgies of noise (2012)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2012). ‘As if from the sky’: Divine and secular dramaturgies of noise. In B. Halligan, M. Goddard, & N. Spelman (Eds.), Reverberations: The philosophy, aesthetics and politics of noise. London and New York: Continuum/Bloomsbury

Noise permeates our highly mediated and globalised cultures. Noise as art, music, cultural or digital practice is a way of intervening so that it can be harnessed for an aesthetic expression not caught within mainstream styles or distribution.This wi... Read More about ‘As if from the sky’: Divine and secular dramaturgies of noise.

Nostalgia (2011)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2011). Nostalgia. In D. Southerton (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture. Sage

Metrosexual (2011)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2011). Metrosexual. In D. Southerton (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture. Sage

The sacred and profane (2011)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2011). The sacred and profane. In D. Southerton (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture. Sage

Post-Fordism (2011)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2011). Post-Fordism. In Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture. Sage

The autumn in Germany : a dialogue on Fassbinder and terrorism (2010)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B., & Goddard, M. (2010). The autumn in Germany : a dialogue on Fassbinder and terrorism. In A. Nouss, & F. Vighi (Eds.), Pasolini, Fassbinder and Europe : Between Utopia and Nihilism. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Dialogue on film representations of terrorism and militant subjectivities

Disco Galactica : futures past and present (2010)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2010). Disco Galactica : futures past and present. In R. Kaveney, & J. Stoy (Eds.), Battlestar Galactica: Investigating Flesh, Spirit and Steel (81-109). London, UK: I B Tauris/Bloomsbury

An examination of the sexual politics and ideological framings of the original and recent versions of the American television series Battlestar Galactica.

On Tarkovsky's aesthetic strategies (2006)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B., & McSweeney, T. (2006). On Tarkovsky's aesthetic strategies. In G. Jónsson, & T. Óttarsson (Eds.), Through the mirror: reflections on the films of Andrei Tarkovsky (40-64). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing