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Tag Archives: Film
Gothic in Birmingham: New Show
This looks worth visiting if you are in the Midlands: Gothic in Birmingham: Exhibition and Conference Literature, film, architecture, art, Goth culture and more Tuesday 7 April until Saturday 2 May 2015, Highlight, Level 3, Library of Birmingham All Welcome … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Events
Tagged architecture, art, Film, Goth subculture, Gothic, literature
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Vampires aren’t that bad
Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn, Gothic/Horror academic & lecturer at MMU, takes issue with the stance of some Roman Catholics who think that the allure of fictional vampires is dangerous (see previous post here).
CFP Books of Blood: Collaborative Project and Funding Bid
*Extended Deadline – submissions by 1st November 2015* All humans ‘are books of blood—wherever you open us, we’re red’ (Clive Barker). If our bodies are books of blood, then they can be read; we invite such readings and contributions where … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences), Conferences, Critical thoughts, Events, OGOM Research, OGOM: Books of Blood, Publications
Tagged anthropology, art, blood, CFP, disease, Film, gender, music, myth, painting, philosophy, popular culture, race, science, sexuality, theology, TV, video games, Wellcome Trust
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OGOM Company of Wolves Conference: Extended Call for Papers
OGOM: ‘The Company of Wolves’: Sociality, Animality, and Subjectivity in Literary and Cultural Narratives—Werewolves, Shapeshifters, and Feral Humans Conference, University of Hertfordshire, Sept 3rd-5th 2015 Extended Call for Papers and Panels OGOM is extending its call for papers for its … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM: The Company of Wolves
Tagged Angela Carter, animality, Animals, Anne Rice, CFP, Children's literature, Christopher Frayling, Fairy tales, feral children, Film, Folklore, gender, Genre, Gothic, Grimm brothers, identity, Intertextuality, Neil Jordan, Paranormal romance, Perrault, race, Romance, sexuality, Shapeshifters, TV, Werewolves, wilderness, Wolves, YA Fiction
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Sarah Hentges, ‘Girls on fire: political empowerment in young adult dystopia ‘
More ideas to add to the debate around YA dystopias which I’ve posted about recently. In this article, Sarah Hentges argues that images of young women in these currently very popular novels and films are positive and ’empowering’. She also … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged consumerism, dystopia, Film, gender, Hunger Games, identity, ideology, YA Fiction
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Versions of Cinderella
Fairy tales, as we’ve shown in quite a few posts on this blog, are prone to myriad reinventions and adaptations, not least in cinema. There are countless variations on ‘Cinderella’; here’s a summary of some of the recent film versions. … Continue reading
Posted in Resources
Tagged adaptation, Cinderella, Fairy tales, Feminism, Film, gender
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Value and Ideology in YA Fiction
When studying popular culture (that created for younger people in particular), the question of value inevitably appears. YA fiction is often seen as not worthy of serious regard, particularly if it’s ‘genre’ fiction such as paranormal romance (gritty realism is … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged dystopia, Film, Genre, Holly Black, ideology, Julie Kagawa, literary value, Marcus Sedgwick, Paranormal romance, Vampires, YA Fiction
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Feminism and the cinematic female vampire
A nice analysis of some of the most familiar vampiresses on the silver screen that aims to explore ‘How the vampire became film’s most feminist monster’. Great to see the inclusion of Park Chan-wook’s Stoker (2013) which is one of my favourite … Continue reading
CFP: Reimagining the Gothic: An Interdisciplinary Showcasing Event, University of Sheffield, 9 May 2015
An invitation to present critical papers or creative work on the Gothic. Sheffield Gothic would like to announce an interdisciplinary showcasing event and symposium on the theme of Re-Imagining the Gothic. We aim to explore how the Gothic can be … Continue reading
Film and Fairy Tale
The reinvention of fairy tale through literary and cinematic adaptation is a whole area of debate in itself. These three pieces look at different aspects of film versions of fairy tales: first, ‘The 25 Best Live-Action Fairy Tale Movies Ever, … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, Resources
Tagged adaptation, Disney, diversity, Fairy tales, Film, Jean Cocteau, world literature
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