Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (20)

‘It’s a narsty biziness’ : conservatism and subversion in 1930s detective fiction and thrillers (2020)
Book Chapter
White, G. (2021). ‘It’s a narsty biziness’ : conservatism and subversion in 1930s detective fiction and thrillers. In N. Hubble, L. Seabor, & E. Taylor (Eds.), The 1930s: A Decade of Modern British Fiction (239-272). Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350079175.ch-008

This chapter focuses on popular fiction and particularly the crime genre, encompassing both the detective story and the thriller. Critical surveys looking back across the decades finds these subgenres difficult to distinguish over time but writers of... Read More about ‘It’s a narsty biziness’ : conservatism and subversion in 1930s detective fiction and thrillers.

The Roma in Italian documentary films (2020)
Book Chapter
Hope, W. (2020). The Roma in Italian documentary films. In R. Mladenova, T. von Borcke, P. Brunssen, M. End, & A. Reuss (Eds.), Antigypsyism and Film / Antiziganismus und Film (209-222). Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing. https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.650

An overview of Italian new millennium documentary films that feature the Roma and analyse their rapport with Italian society.

Kingship, kinship and the king of beasts in early southern African novels (2020)
Book Chapter
Munslow Ong, J. (2021). Kingship, kinship and the king of beasts in early southern African novels. In S. McHugh, R. McKay, & J. Miller (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Animals and Literature (423-435). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39773-9_30

Human interactions with pantherine cats are used to establish new imperial, social and familial structures in Southern African literature. The chapter will focus on Thomas Mofolo’s Chaka (1925, trans. 1931) and Solomon Plaatje’s Mhudi (written 1920,... Read More about Kingship, kinship and the king of beasts in early southern African novels.

Rapidly shifting landscapes : two case studies in the UK distribution and exhibition of Chinese language films in the twenty-first century (2020)
Book Chapter
Willis, A., & Elliott, F. (2020). Rapidly shifting landscapes : two case studies in the UK distribution and exhibition of Chinese language films in the twenty-first century. In L. Feng, & J. Aston (Eds.), Renegotiating film genres in East Asian cinemas and beyond (17-40). UK: Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55077-6_2

This chapter considers the shifting industrial patterns of distributing and exhibiting Chinese-language films in the UK in the twenty-first century. Drawing upon their experiences as film curators, Willis and Elliott provide a detailed analysis of tw... Read More about Rapidly shifting landscapes : two case studies in the UK distribution and exhibition of Chinese language films in the twenty-first century.

Social policy (2020)
Book Chapter
Williams, B. (2020). Social policy. In K. Hickson, & J. Miles (Eds.), James Callaghan : an underrated Prime Minister? (143-162). Hull: Biteback

It has been forty years since James Callaghan – the only person to hold all four of the great offices of state – resigned as Leader of the Opposition, bringing to an end over three decades of service on the front bench. Debate still rages over whe... Read More about Social policy.

The Owls Are Not What They Seem: Uncanny Doubles in Twin Peaks (2020)
Book Chapter
Yates, M. (2020). The Owls Are Not What They Seem: Uncanny Doubles in Twin Peaks. In A. Szanter (Ed.), Policing the Monstrous: Essays on the Supernatural Crime Procedural (29-45). McFarland

Co-created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, Twin Peaks (1990-2017) adhered to and resisted the conventions of procedural dramas on television. It did so by making familiar conventions seem unfamiliar in an intertextual pastiche of soap opera, detective... Read More about The Owls Are Not What They Seem: Uncanny Doubles in Twin Peaks.

Japanese aesthetics in the art of poetry film (2020)
Book Chapter
Kendall, J. (2021). Japanese aesthetics in the art of poetry film. In S. Tremlett (Ed.), The Poetics of Poetry Film : film poetry, videopoetry, lyric voice, reflection (296-300). Bristol: Intellect Books

Challenges and opportunities occur when placing written poetic text in a visual, kinetic and aural setting. Mainstream poetry places a distinct emphasis on verbal effects, although it is also visual, since all written text with the exception of brail... Read More about Japanese aesthetics in the art of poetry film.

The Scottish dictionary tradition (2020)
Book Chapter
Scott, M. (2020). The Scottish dictionary tradition. In S. Ogilvie (Ed.), Cambridge Companion to English Dictionaries (315-323). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Interspecific interactions : interaction modes between sound and movement in collaborative performance (2020)
Book Chapter
Moraitis, E. (2020). Interspecific interactions : interaction modes between sound and movement in collaborative performance. In R. Earnshaw, S. Liggett, P. Excell, & D. Thalmann (Eds.), Technology, Design and the Arts - Opportunities and Challenges (121-138). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42097-0_8

Collaboration between composers and choreographers is an approach possessing a long history and expansive list of creative outcomes. In recent years, such collaborative endeavours have further engaged with knowledge and practices from scientific disc... Read More about Interspecific interactions : interaction modes between sound and movement in collaborative performance.

“...a great crisis of identification and understanding of reality” : Strehler’s journey through Shakespeare (2020)
Book Chapter
Nigri, L. (2020). “...a great crisis of identification and understanding of reality” : Strehler’s journey through Shakespeare. In S. Bigliazzi (Ed.), Shakespeare and Crisis: An Italian Narrative (149-174). John Benjamins

Shakespeare’s plays proved crucial in Strehler’s career in many respects as they provided ‘narratives’ through which he could interpret the sequence of cultural, political, and social crises that he acknowledged, experienced personally, and more or l... Read More about “...a great crisis of identification and understanding of reality” : Strehler’s journey through Shakespeare.

Understanding the audience experience of contemporary visual arts at Geevor Mine World Heritage Site : a dialogue between a contemporary artist and a sociologist (2020)
Book Chapter
Bagnall, G., & Randall, J. (2020). Understanding the audience experience of contemporary visual arts at Geevor Mine World Heritage Site : a dialogue between a contemporary artist and a sociologist. In N. Cass, G. Park, & A. Powell (Eds.), Contemporary Art in Heritage Spaces (166-182). Leeds, UK: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429053498-14

This chapter examines the outcomes of collaboration between an artist (Randall) and a sociologist (Bagnall) to explore how the use of contemporary visual art might engage audiences and generate new knowledge and understanding of an industrial heritag... Read More about Understanding the audience experience of contemporary visual arts at Geevor Mine World Heritage Site : a dialogue between a contemporary artist and a sociologist.

Allen Fisher : reading 'Mummers’ Strut' (2020)
Book Chapter
Thurston, S. (2020). Allen Fisher : reading 'Mummers’ Strut'. In C. Cheek, & R. Hampson (Eds.), The Allen Fisher Companion (134-162). Swindon: Shearsman Books

In 1995, Allen Fisher published a poem entitled ‘Mummers’ Strut’ in an issue of the magazine West Coast Line, accompanied by a statement of poetics. This essay offers a close reading of the poem by investigating its multiple sources alongside Fisher... Read More about Allen Fisher : reading 'Mummers’ Strut'.

Technology in sports organizations (2020)
Book Chapter
Slack, T., & Miah, A. (2021). Technology in sports organizations. In T. Slack, T. Byers, & A. Thurston (Eds.), Understanding sport organizations : applications for sport managers (3rd edition) (377-394). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics

China and India’s engagement with Africa : seeking national interests (2020)
Book Chapter
Wu, F. (2020). China and India’s engagement with Africa : seeking national interests. In K. Bajpai, S. Ho, & M. Miller (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of China–India Relations (466-481). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351001564-36

China and India have taken multifaceted measures to engage Africa since the end of the Cold War, especially in the twenty-first century, including political, economic, military, and cultural measures, as well as China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)... Read More about China and India’s engagement with Africa : seeking national interests.

Performing interventions : creative spatial interruptions (2020)
Book Chapter
Vivian, P. (2020). Performing interventions : creative spatial interruptions. In L. Campbell (Ed.), Leap into Action Companion - Critical Performative Pedagogies in Art and Design. London: Peter Lang Publishing. https://doi.org/10.3726/b15266

This chapter shares the practice and objectives of the second project component of the Contemporary Exhibition Practice unit for second-year students of the BA Fine Art at the University for the Creative Arts, an arts, business and design University... Read More about Performing interventions : creative spatial interruptions.

Historia, debates y principales referencias de los estudios culturales en Europa (2020)
Book Chapter
Garcia-Jiménez, L., Hernandez Perez, M., & Subtil, F. (2020). Historia, debates y principales referencias de los estudios culturales en Europa. In F. Paulino, G. Kaplún, M. Mariño, & L. Custódio (Eds.), Tradiciones de Investigación en Diálogo. Estudios sobre Comunicación en América Latina y Europa (129-159). Ramada: Media XXI

En este capítulo esbozamos algunos de los principales rasgos que caracterizan a los Estudios culturales en el continente Europeo a partir de la revisión histórica, teórica y bibliográfica de sus principales autores, debates y textos. Concretamente, e... Read More about Historia, debates y principales referencias de los estudios culturales en Europa.

Collection of entries in 'The SAGE international encyclopedia of mass media and society' (2020)
Book Chapter
Hernandez Perez, M. (2020). Collection of entries in 'The SAGE international encyclopedia of mass media and society'. In D. Merskin (Ed.), The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society. London: SAGE Publications

Collection of entries in The SAGE international encyclopedia of mass media and society: Blockbusters (pp.177-179), Talk Shows (Television) (pp. 1715-1717), Modeling and Observational Learning (pp. 382-384), Media Dependency (pp. 1051-1052), Desensiti... Read More about Collection of entries in 'The SAGE international encyclopedia of mass media and society'.

Where are the South Asian [Women] artists? The Horizon Gallery responds to 'The Other Story' (2020)
Book Chapter
Correia, A. Where are the South Asian [Women] artists? The Horizon Gallery responds to 'The Other Story'. In S. Boyce, D. Dibosa, & S. Lok (Eds.), The Fissures of Modernism: Collections, Cultures and Black-British Artists. Duke University Press. Manuscript submitted for publication

There is no question that The Other Story: Afro-Asian Artists in Post-War Britain curated by Rasheed Araeen and staged at the Hayward Gallery, London, and then touring to Wolverhampton and Manchester, 1989-1990, has had a formative, if belated, impac... Read More about Where are the South Asian [Women] artists? The Horizon Gallery responds to 'The Other Story'.

'Clown Time' and dialogic meaning-making : the benefits of digital clowning for dementia care (2020)
Book Chapter
Talbot, R., & Dormann, C. 'Clown Time' and dialogic meaning-making : the benefits of digital clowning for dementia care. In R. Austin, & M. Hopfenbeck (Eds.), The Practical Handbook of Dementia. Monmouth: PCCS Books. Manuscript submitted for publication

Playful interaction with clowns can be understood as a form of relief from the daily exigencies of living with dementia. For us, clown performance is a mode of dialogic meaning-making in which absurd juxtapositions can carry affective sense. So, cre... Read More about 'Clown Time' and dialogic meaning-making : the benefits of digital clowning for dementia care.