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Mark Glancy, Cary Grant, the Making of a Hollywood Legend (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020), pp. xvii + 550, ISBN: 9780190053130, £22.99 and Scott Eyman, Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2020), pp. xiv +556, ISBN: 9781501192111, £25 (2021)
Journal Article
Crofts, C. (2021). Mark Glancy, Cary Grant, the Making of a Hollywood Legend (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020), pp. xvii + 550, ISBN: 9780190053130, £22.99 and Scott Eyman, Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2020), pp. xiv +556, ISBN: 9781501192111, £25. Open Screens, 4(2), https://doi.org/10.16995/os.8256

Mark Glancy, Cary Grant, the Making of a Hollywood Legend (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020) and Scott Eyman, Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2020).

Precarious work and creative placemaking: Freelance labour in Bristol (2021)
Journal Article
Genders, A. (2022). Precarious work and creative placemaking: Freelance labour in Bristol. Cultural Trends, 31(5), 433-447. https://doi.org/10.1080/09548963.2021.2009735

As an occupational group characterized by their responsiveness, resilience and innovation, freelancers make a vital contribution to the UK’s creative economy. However, although there has been a general acknowledgement of their importance, a number of... Read More about Precarious work and creative placemaking: Freelance labour in Bristol.

Separated by a common language of assessment? Undertaking a linguistic analysis of assessment documentation (2021)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., & Rudge, L. (2021, December). Separated by a common language of assessment? Undertaking a linguistic analysis of assessment documentation. Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education Annual Conference, Online

Assessment and feedback are a key part of the student experience in higher education. Despite advances in practice in recent years, universities still frequency receive low student satisfaction scores in this area. Reasons for this may include discre... Read More about Separated by a common language of assessment? Undertaking a linguistic analysis of assessment documentation.

Cary Grant Statue 20: In conversation with David Long (2021)
Digital Artefact
Crofts, C., & Long, D. (2021). Cary Grant Statue 20: In conversation with David Long. [Live-streamed Video Presentation]

2021 Cary Grant Statue 20: In Conversation with David Long, Cary Comes Home, 7 December

Extract from "More on the Plums" (2021)
Journal Article
Rogers, S. (2021). Extract from "More on the Plums". Perverse, 6(G),

One poem, extracted from my longer sequence "More on the Plums".

Divided by Law (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Agusita, E., & Davies, K. (2021, November). Divided by Law. Presented at Lunchtime Talk Seminar Series, Pervasive Media Studio, Watershed, Bristol

In this talk, Dr Emma Agusita and Dr Katie Davies discuss their research project in which film was used to explore and bear witness to the experiences of binational families and couples trying to cope with the UK’s hostile immigration environment. Ca... Read More about Divided by Law.

Wires, mirrors, tricks of the light: Zoë Skoulding and lyric poetry (2021)
Book Chapter
Rogers, S. (2021). Wires, mirrors, tricks of the light: Zoë Skoulding and lyric poetry. In S. Rogers (Ed.), Contemporary British and Irish Poetry (265-286). Modern Humanities Research Association. https://doi.org/10.5699/yearenglstud.51.2021.0265

In this discussion, the earlier poetry of Zoë Skoulding is analyzed as a case study for an expanded sense of the contemporary lyric genre. Through a fixation on visual apparatuses including eyes, lenses, binoculars, and mirrors, Skoulding’s The Mirro... Read More about Wires, mirrors, tricks of the light: Zoë Skoulding and lyric poetry.

Introduction: Situating contemporary poetry (2021)
Book Chapter
Rogers, S. (2021). Introduction: Situating contemporary poetry. In S. Rogers (Ed.), Contemporary British and Irish Poetry (1-8). Modern Humanities Research Association. https://doi.org/10.5699/yearenglstud.51.2021.0001

The Yearbook of English Studies for 2021 examines contemporary poetry from Britain and Ireland. Edited by Samuel Rogers, the volume contains fourteen essays exploring a range of poetry from 1980 and the present. Poetry continues to be a dynamic cultu... Read More about Introduction: Situating contemporary poetry.

Birmingham as “composite monster”: Roy Fisher’s city (1961) (2021)
Book Chapter
Rogers, S. (2021). Birmingham as “composite monster”: Roy Fisher’s city (1961). In J. Tambling (Ed.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban Literary Studies. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62592-8_334-1

Roy Fisher (1930–2017) was a major figure in British poetry, with a body of work which bridged the gap between mainstream and modernist writing. A significant artist of English urban space, Fisher’s work insistently returned to his exploration of Bir... Read More about Birmingham as “composite monster”: Roy Fisher’s city (1961).

The future of visual anthropology in the wake of Black Lives Matter: A dialogue among Shawn Sobers, Deborah Thomas and Sireita Mullings (2021)
Journal Article
Mullings, S., Sobers, S., & Thomas, D. (2021). The future of visual anthropology in the wake of Black Lives Matter: A dialogue among Shawn Sobers, Deborah Thomas and Sireita Mullings. Visual Anthropology Review, 37(2), 401-421. https://doi.org/10.1111/var.12253

As a discipline, anthropology has long been subject to the scrutiny of critical race theorists and to questions of ethical practice with regard to ethnicity and representation. This dialogue features critical Black visual anthropologists discussing t... Read More about The future of visual anthropology in the wake of Black Lives Matter: A dialogue among Shawn Sobers, Deborah Thomas and Sireita Mullings.

Investigating emancipatory discourses in action: The need for an interventionist approach and an activist-scholar posture (2021)
Journal Article
Nartey, M. (2022). Investigating emancipatory discourses in action: The need for an interventionist approach and an activist-scholar posture. Critical Discourse Studies, 19(5), 459-464. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2021.1999285

This Special Issue provides a collection of cutting-edge research that examines discourses that serve emancipatory agendas by taking a social justice approach. To this end, the issue draws on data from Africa, Latin America, North America and the Ara... Read More about Investigating emancipatory discourses in action: The need for an interventionist approach and an activist-scholar posture.

‘Free men we stand under the flag of our land’: A transitivity analysis of African anthems as discourses of resistance against colonialism (2021)
Journal Article
Mwinlaaru, I. N., & Nartey, M. (2022). ‘Free men we stand under the flag of our land’: A transitivity analysis of African anthems as discourses of resistance against colonialism. Critical Discourse Studies, 19(5), 556-572. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2021.1999286

Recent studies on colonial discourse have demonstrated that the speeches of freedom activists in colonial Africa served as sites of resistance. One key text type that has, however, been neglected in the critical literature on the discourse of emancip... Read More about ‘Free men we stand under the flag of our land’: A transitivity analysis of African anthems as discourses of resistance against colonialism.

The past and present of transnational organized crime in America (2021)
Book Chapter
Woodiwiss, M., & Young, M. (2021). The past and present of transnational organized crime in America. In F. Allum, & S. Gilmour (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Transnational Organized Crime (90-140). (Second). OXON: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003044703

This fully revised new edition provides a definitive and holistic overview of Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) in a world in which right wing populism has gained ground, trade wars are increasing, climate change is a reality and Covid poses a chal... Read More about The past and present of transnational organized crime in America.

Centering marginalized voices: A discourse analytic study of the Black Lives Matter movement on Twitter (2021)
Journal Article
Nartey, M. (2022). Centering marginalized voices: A discourse analytic study of the Black Lives Matter movement on Twitter. Critical Discourse Studies, 19(5), 523-538. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2021.1999284

Recent studies on non-dominant or minority groups have begun to look at how their members reconstruct resistance, sculpt a positive identity for themselves and engage in solidarity formation for group empowerment. The present study contributes to thi... Read More about Centering marginalized voices: A discourse analytic study of the Black Lives Matter movement on Twitter.

Intro to finding coherence across journals: Guidelines and criteria for making, curating, and publishing video essays (2021)
Digital Artefact
Crofts, C. (2021). Intro to finding coherence across journals: Guidelines and criteria for making, curating, and publishing video essays. [Video Presentation]

An increasing number of journals and conferences are opening up to non-conventional academic formats, with consideration of creative methods and productions, such as video essays. For instance, the free open community-led digital archive for media,... Read More about Intro to finding coherence across journals: Guidelines and criteria for making, curating, and publishing video essays.

How riots spread between cities: Introducing the Police pathway (2021)
Journal Article
Drury, J., Stott, C., Ball, R., Barr, D., Bell, L., Reicher, S., & Neville, F. (2022). How riots spread between cities: Introducing the Police pathway. Political Psychology, 43(4), 651-669. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12786

Waves of riots are politically and psychologically significant national events. The role of police perceptions and practices in spreading unrest between cities has been neglected in previous research, even though the police are significant actors in... Read More about How riots spread between cities: Introducing the Police pathway.

Live art sector research - A report mapping the UK live art sector (2021)
Report
Wee, C., Livergant, E., Ezugha, C. V., Linsley, J., Virani, T., & Jeeves, T. (2021). Live art sector research - A report mapping the UK live art sector. Arts Council England

Live Art Sector Research – A Report Mapping the UK Live Art Sector is the first ever UK-wide research project into the Live Art sector, funded by Arts Council England and commissioned by the Live Art Development Agency in partnership with Live Art UK... Read More about Live art sector research - A report mapping the UK live art sector.