Outputs (187)

The big picture (2009)
Other

The Big Picture is a visually-focussed free film magazine that goes beyond the borders of the screen to reveal cinema's unique power to entertain, inspire and connect to each and every one of us. The free magazine (and the accompanying website) offer... Read More about The big picture.

Television talk shows (2009)
Journal Article

An article written on the history of TV talk shows for Videoactive, a project funded within the eContentplus programme of the European Commission. This is an EU funded project that aims to create access to television archives across Europe in order... Read More about Television talk shows.

The politics of violence after in-yer-face: Harold Pinter and Philip Ridley (2009)
Book Chapter

Chapter in book discussing similarities and differences between some of the plays of Harold Pinter and Philip Ridley. Consideration of the nature of the Pinteresque, and its relationship with in-yer-face theatre.

Organized evil and the Atlantic alliance: Moral panics and the rhetoric of organized crime policing in America and Britain (2009)
Journal Article

Moral panics are conventionally associated with the interpretations of youthful action imposed by powerful state or media forces. However, the concept is also useful in understanding more generally how social problems are constructed and presented. I... Read More about Organized evil and the Atlantic alliance: Moral panics and the rhetoric of organized crime policing in America and Britain.

The ugly one (2009)
Exhibition / Performance

Arranged student performance of The Ugly One by Marius Von Mayenburg.

Parity of participation and the politics of status (2009)
Journal Article

Over the past decade, Nancy Fraser has developed a sophisticated theory of social justice. At its heart lies the principle of parity of participation, according to which all adult members of society must be in a position to interact with one another... Read More about Parity of participation and the politics of status.

Symposium on Sexuality in SF (2009)
Journal Article

Stephen Shapiro, ed., "Gothic studies' 'material gothic' special issue" and "Collapse: journal of philosophical research and development volume iv: Concept horror" (2009)
Journal Article

Review of two journal issues, with special emphasis on China Miéville’s contributions to them.

Untitled short piece in fiftieth anniversay special section on the current shape of scholarship and criticism on speculative fiction (2009)
Journal Article

Opinion piece on the relative security of sf studies as a discipline and the need for it to have a social and political vision beyond its institutional function.

Time and resolution: Experiments in high-definition image making (2009)
Journal Article

High-definition (HD) technology is powering a paradigm change within the digital domain. This article is an attempt to reveal and explore the aesthetics, the technologies and theoretical issues that are at stake through the embracing of this new medi... Read More about Time and resolution: Experiments in high-definition image making.