All Outputs (20)

Women in Bristol, 1373-1660 (2016)
Book Chapter
Fleming, P. (2016). Women in Bristol, 1373-1660. In M. Dresser (Ed.), Women and the City: Bristol, 1373-2000 (15-44). Bristol: Redcliffe Press

A discussion of the evidence for the lives of women in later medieval and early-modern Bristol, with specific reference to what can be learned from this of their interaction with men and their ability to influence the life of the town/city.

An Atlantic Adam: Emerson and the origins of United States literature (2016)
Book Chapter
Greenham, D. (2016). An Atlantic Adam: Emerson and the origins of United States literature. In C. Elliott, & L. Eckel (Eds.), The Edinburgh Companion to Atlantic Literary Studies (253-265). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Emerson has long been held to be the well-spring of American literary originality. In this chapter I outline Emerson's own ideas of originality, detailing in particular how they relate to his New England context and his reading of model English Renai... Read More about An Atlantic Adam: Emerson and the origins of United States literature.

Race and biology (2016)
Book Chapter
Greenslade, W. (2016). Race and biology. In L. Marcus, M. Mendelssohn, & K. Shepherd-Barr. (Eds.), Late Victorian into Modern (321-334). Oxford: Oxford University Press

The period 1880-1920 saw the emergence and then the qualified effacing of powerful discourses of racial essentialism and biological determinism: it was a period profoundly influenced, even mesmerized, by the authority of Darwinian science. This chapt... Read More about Race and biology.

Insights from contrastive linguistics: Translating 'sort of' into French (2016)
Book Chapter
Beeching, K. (2016). Insights from contrastive linguistics: Translating 'sort of' into French. In M. Boisseau, C. Chauvin, C. Delesse, & Y. Keromnes (Eds.), Linguistique et Traductologie: les enjeux d'une relation complexe (85-98). Arras: Artois Presses Université

Identifying the meanings and functions of pragmatic markers such as well, you know, I mean and sort of has posed a considerable challenge for linguists in semantics and pragmatics, particularly those interested in semantic change and pragmaticalisati... Read More about Insights from contrastive linguistics: Translating 'sort of' into French.

Gothic Appalachia (2016)
Book Chapter
Robertson, S. (2016). Gothic Appalachia. In S. Castillo, & C. Crow (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of the Southern Gothic (109-120). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47774-3_9

This book examines ‘Southern Gothic’ - a term that describes some of the finest works of the American Imagination. But what do ‘Southern’ and ‘Gothic’ mean, and how are they related? Traditionally seen as drawing on the tragedy of slavery and loss, ‘... Read More about Gothic Appalachia.

Bristol and the end of empire: The consequences of the fall of Gascony (2016)
Book Chapter
Fleming, P. (2016). Bristol and the end of empire: The consequences of the fall of Gascony. In P. Crooks, D. Green, & W. M. Ormrod (Eds.), The Plantaganet Empire, 1259–1453 Proceedings of the 2014 Harlaxton Symposium (369-381). Donington: Paul Watkins

A discussion of the economic, social and political consequences to Bristol of the final English loss of Gascony in 1453. The discussion considers the possibility that this event encouraged Bristol-based exploration of the Mediterranean and the Atlant... Read More about Bristol and the end of empire: The consequences of the fall of Gascony.

Hollywood menace: Los Angeles Mid-Century Modern Dens of Vice (2016)
Book Chapter
Solomons, G. (2016). Hollywood menace: Los Angeles Mid-Century Modern Dens of Vice. In E. Clift, M. Guaralda, & A. Mattes (Eds.), Filming the City - Urban Documents, Design Practices And Social Criticism Through The Lens (97-110). Intellect Books

This paper will discuss the use of Los Angeles Mid-Century Modern homes in context of Hollywood films from the 1950s until the present day, with particular focus on the association these houses have with movie villains. A wealth of writing and di... Read More about Hollywood menace: Los Angeles Mid-Century Modern Dens of Vice.

Paying freedom dues: Marxism, black radicalism, and blaxploitation sf (2016)
Book Chapter
Bould, M. (2016). Paying freedom dues: Marxism, black radicalism, and blaxploitation sf. In E. Mazierska, & A. Suppia (Eds.), Red Alert: Marxist Approaches to Science Fiction Cinema (72-97). Wayne State University Press

This chapter traces the relationship between Marxism and black radical theory and practice in America, noting the frequent presence of sf imagery at the intersection. It then outlines the development of blaxploitation and establishes a hitherto unrem... Read More about Paying freedom dues: Marxism, black radicalism, and blaxploitation sf.

Intermediaries and the knowledge exchange process: the case of the creative industries and Higher Education (2016)
Book Chapter
Virani, T., & Pratt, A. (2016). Intermediaries and the knowledge exchange process: the case of the creative industries and Higher Education. In R. Comunian, & A. Gilmore (Eds.), Higher Education and the Creative Economy. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

War, mathematics, and simulation: Drones and (losing) control of battlespace (2016)
Book Chapter
Crogan, P. (2016). War, mathematics, and simulation: Drones and (losing) control of battlespace. In P. Harrigan, & M. Kirschenbaum (Eds.), Zones of Control: Perspectives on Wargaming (641-667). Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press)

This chapter will reflect on aspects of the expansion of military drone usage by Western powers in the “war on terror” over the last decade or so. In examining contemporary and envisaged drone deployments I am also concerned with what they can reveal... Read More about War, mathematics, and simulation: Drones and (losing) control of battlespace.

Chapter 8. The ‘dull roar’ and the ‘burning barbed wire pantyhose’: Complex metaphor in accounts of chronic pain (2016)
Book Chapter
Charteris-Black, J. Chapter 8. The ‘dull roar’ and the ‘burning barbed wire pantyhose’: Complex metaphor in accounts of chronic pain. . John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/milcc.6.08cha

Corresponding natures: Ralph Waldo Emerson's letters (2016)
Book Chapter
Greenham, D. (2016). Corresponding natures: Ralph Waldo Emerson's letters. In J. Newman, M. Pethers, & C. Marie-Bernier (Eds.), Edinburgh Companion to Nineteenth-Century American Letters and Letter-Writing (319-331). Edinburgh UP

This article explores the significance of letter writing in the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson's letters were sent to family members and friends and ranged across his long life. What this chapter addresses is, firstly, the emergence of key Emer... Read More about Corresponding natures: Ralph Waldo Emerson's letters.

The resilience of a local music scene in Dalston London (2016)
Book Chapter
Virani, T. (2016). The resilience of a local music scene in Dalston London. In B. J. Hracs, M. Seman, & T. E. Virani (Eds.), The Production and Consumption of Music in the Digital Age. New York, USA: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315724003

Introduction - The evolving economic geography of music (2016)
Book Chapter
Virani, T., Hracs, B., & Seman, M. (2016). Introduction - The evolving economic geography of music. In B. J. Hracs, M. Seman, & T. E. Virani (Eds.), The Production and Consumption of Music in the Digital Age. New York, USA: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315724003

Stories for after a war: Social memory and the making of urban and industrial transition in 1960s Spain (2016)
Book Chapter
Richards, M. (2016). Stories for after a war: Social memory and the making of urban and industrial transition in 1960s Spain. In H. Graham (Ed.), Interrogating Francoism: History and Dictatorship in Twentieth-Century Spain. Bloomsbury

A study of post-civil war social change in Spain and the effects on collective memory of migration in particular.

Prólogo (2016)
Book Chapter
Richards, M. (2016). Prólogo. In I. Fernandez de Mata (Ed.), Lloros vueltos puños: El conflicto de los “desaparecidos” y vencidos de la guerra civil española (vi-xii). Granada: Comares

Summary of current debates about civil war and memory in Spain

Asset mapping and civic creativity (2016)
Book Chapter
Alexiou, K., Agusita, E., Alevizou, G., Chapain, C., Zamenopoulos, T., & Turner, J. (2016). Asset mapping and civic creativity. In J. Hartley, & I. Hargreaves (Eds.), The Creative Citizen Unbound: How Social Media and DIY Culture Contribute to Democracy, Communities and the Creative Economy (181-204). Bristol: Policy Press

"The Creative Citizen project is concerned not only with understanding and capturing current practice and its value (as enacted through the use of different media) but also exploring how this pursuit of value can be further supported and advanced.... Read More about Asset mapping and civic creativity.

'There's something fishy about Wales': Dahl, identity, language (2016)
Book Chapter
Alston, A., & Worthington, H. (2016). 'There's something fishy about Wales': Dahl, identity, language. In D. Walford Davies (Ed.), Roald Dahl: Wales of the Unexpected (115-128). Cardiff: University of Wales Press

In the book bearing his name, the BFG tells Sophie that ‘there is something fishy about Wales’. Even allowing for Dahl’s well-known delight in wordplay, it seems that there is more to this throwaway line than just a joke for children. Taking its cue... Read More about 'There's something fishy about Wales': Dahl, identity, language.

Family names (2016)
Book Chapter
Hanks, P., & Parkin, H. (2016). Family names. In C. Hough (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming (214-236). Oxford: Oxford University Press

A chapter on the history of family-names and family-name research in Europe, Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. Co-authored with Prof. Patrick Hanks.

From networks to complexity: Two case studies (2016)
Book Chapter
Harte, D., Dovey, J., Agusita, E., & Zamenopoulos, T. (2016). From networks to complexity: Two case studies. In J. Hartley, & I. Hargreaves (Eds.), The Creative Citizen Unbound: How Social Media and DIY Culture Contribute to Democracy, Communities and the Creative Economy (129-152). Bristol: Policy Press

"From the noticeboard in the newsagent’s window to multi-layered online networks using social networking technologies, citizens are increasingly accessing networks of support that uncover previously invisible opportunities. Such networks exist online... Read More about From networks to complexity: Two case studies.