Poison
(2010)
Book Chapter
Mark Bould's Outputs (187)
Watermelon man (2010)
Book Chapter
Film review: Eden Log (2010)
Journal Article
Revolutionary African-American Sf before Black Power Sf (2010)
Journal Article
Examines eight sf novels by African Americans, written between 1859 and 1938.
Science fiction, globalisation and the logic of capital (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Introducing Waltz with Bashir (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This short talk introduces the feature-length Lebanese animation, Waltz with Bashir.
Insects and intentions: Imamura's women (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This paper explores Imamura's response to post-war socio-cultural changes in Japan that stem from the 'female equality' provisions in the US-authored constitution and the US's ideological attack on the traditional Japanese family structure.
Parallax views: An introduction (2009)
Book Chapter
Introduction to the edited collection, Neo-Noir, exploring issues around noir and genre as well as outlining the aims and content of the book.
Neo-noir (2009)
Book
Wide-ranging collection on Neo-Noir cinema. Combines genre, major conventions (femme fatale, paranoia, anxiety, the city, the threat to the self; and the use of sound and colour) stylistic and textual analysis with Marxist, feminist, psychoanalytic a... Read More about Neo-noir.
The thin men: anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist (2009)
Book Chapter
Considers anorexia as a model of late-capitialist subjectivity through a consideration of the bodies of Brad Pitt and Christian Bale.
Powell, Pressburger and Peeping Tom (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This talk provided a career overview of Powell, especially his collaborations with Pressburger, and a critical introduction to Peeping Tom in relation to Powell's other films, genre and psychoanalytic theory.
Fritz Lang (2009)
Book Chapter
Overview of Lang’s career and critical analysis of his science fiction films.
Stanley Kubrick (2009)
Book Chapter
Overview of Kubrick’s career and critical analysis of his science fiction films.
Steven Spielberg (2009)
Book Chapter
Overview of Spielberg’s career and critical analysis of his science fiction films.
Fifty key figures in science fiction (2009)
Book
Collection of 50 critical essays on key figures in sf fiction, film, television, comics and theory.
Rough Guide to a Lonely Planet, from Nemo to Neo (2009)
Book Chapter
This essay argues that sf has long been engaged in mapping - often unconsciously – the processes of globalisation and empire. It illustrates this argument with analyses of Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas and the Wachowski brother... Read More about Rough Guide to a Lonely Planet, from Nemo to Neo.
Red planets: Marxism and science fiction (2009)
Book
An edited collection of 13 essays exploring the relationships between Marxism and sf literature and film.
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Matrix: Imagineering the world market (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This keynote address argues that sf has long been engaged in mapping - often unconsciously - the processes of globalisation and empire. It illustrates this argument with analyses of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas and the Wachows... Read More about Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Matrix: Imagineering the world market.
Serial infidelities and extraordinary renditions: The many lives of Flash Gordon (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This paper argues for a fresh approach to adaptation studies, using the example of a cross-media franchised character/universe to urge a move away from the fidelity fallacy and towards an understanding of adaptations as ‘supplements’ in Derrida’s Read More about Serial infidelities and extraordinary renditions: The many lives of Flash Gordon.
The cinema of John Sayles: From Billy Zane to Brecht and Bakhtin, and back again (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
A critical introduction to John Sayles, with Silver City as its primary example, this paper discusses the relationship between his films and American naturalist traditions, and explores language as a site of material resistance.