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'How can civilization be saved?': Psychoanalysis in the anticipation of World War Two in Britain (2009)
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This paper considers the ways that psychoanalysis was understood to provide a distinctive insight in to the ‘problems of civilization’ and a means of understanding the psychic dynamics of social groups in the anticipation of war in Britain in the 193... Read More about 'How can civilization be saved?': Psychoanalysis in the anticipation of World War Two in Britain.

Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Matrix: Imagineering the world market (2009)
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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)
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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.

The politics of presentation (2009)
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The talk addressed the role of the alternative space in Bristol, and how various art groups operate. The idea of the art collective has become associated with activities that engage with avant garde ideas, that rebel against the gallery system and pr... Read More about The politics of presentation.

Is fat still a feminist issue - Suzy Orbach talk (2009)
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Jane Arthurs was chair of this talk.

The shadow of Thatcher: Women, feminism, culture and politics (2009)
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Jane Arthurs was the co-organiser of this academic symposium, which reflected on the continuing impact of Thatcherism and of Margaret Thatcher on feminist politics and popular culture since the 1980s. The conference asekd "Why does Margaret Thatcher... Read More about The shadow of Thatcher: Women, feminism, culture and politics.

Medievalisms, modernity and memory: St. Michael's church cropthorne 1860-1920 (2009)
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A paper that examines the restoration of a small Medieval church in rural Worcestershire during the period 1860-1920.

'City of Any Dream': Colin MacInnes and the Expanded Urban Environment of Late-1950s London (2009)
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The parapraxes of globalisation: Jules Verne and the unconscious of science fiction (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This essay argues that sf has long been engaged in mapping – often unconsciously – the processes of globalisation and empire. It illustrates this argument with an analysis of Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas.

Margaret Thatcher and Falklands war drama (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A conference paper which draws on variant political representations of Margaret Thatcher

Altruism, love and the "democratic factor" in social psychiatry (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

An examination of those models of character defined by effective sentiment development which became the foundation of a social psychiatry directed to the solution of social problems as part of a programme of post-war reconstruction, an excavation of... Read More about Altruism, love and the "democratic factor" in social psychiatry.

Productive research: Approaches and sources to uncovering the role of the film producer (2009)
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This paper reviewed the approaches and methodologies deployed to research and write the monograph Sydney Box for Manchester University Press (2006) focusing on the use of archival material and other primary sources. It argued that film history needs... Read More about Productive research: Approaches and sources to uncovering the role of the film producer.

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.

Brands, markets and charitable ethics (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

MTV’s EXIT campaign to raise awareness about the trafficking of women highlights the difficulties faced by charitable organisations when using audience research to evaluate the effectiveness of their media campaigns. To connect with audiences whose e... Read More about Brands, markets and charitable ethics.

"It's not going to be like this is it?": Celebrating age festival 2008 (2008)
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Employing participant observation, the paper offers analysis of Bristol’s Festival of Age, 2008 and traces the ways in which participants are positioned within a configuration of nostalgic, regulatory regimes that position them as a) passive bodies b... Read More about "It's not going to be like this is it?": Celebrating age festival 2008.

The future of media entertainment (2008)
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The presentation argued that the convergence of digital technology is already bringing about a change in the distribution, aesthetics and the consumption of media entertainment so that we can access it “anytime, anyplace and anywhere”. Yet embedded c... Read More about The future of media entertainment.

The thin men: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist. (2008)
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Taking anorexia as a model of subjectivity under contemporary capital, this paper analyses the noir protagonists of Fight Club and The Machinist and their relationships to power, labour and their own bodies.

The ethics and aesthetics of trafficking films: MTVs Exit Campaign (2008)
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MTVs exit campaign to raise awareness about the trafficking of women highlights the difficulties faced by charitable organisations when using audience research to evaluate the effectiveness of their media campaigns. To connect with audiences whose et... Read More about The ethics and aesthetics of trafficking films: MTVs Exit Campaign.

Self-regulation and media literacy: citizen-consumers in the digital age (2008)
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Policy debates in the UK about digital television includes speculation about the changing relationship between content providers and users. This paper critically examines the perceived need for enhanced skills in media literacy in Ofcom policy statem... Read More about Self-regulation and media literacy: citizen-consumers in the digital age.