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Trauma, Repetition and Place: Revisiting the Haunted House in the Gialli of Dario Argento
Argento, more than any other director working within the genre, perfected the use of repetition to convey the aftereffects of trauma. From flashbacks of the incident to physically revisiting the scene of the crime, the films capture the repetition compulsion which often plagues a witness to the inexplicable.
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Constrained by More than Corsets: A Critical Examination of the BBC’s Historical Lesbian Dramas
Delivered at Pippi to Ripley: Gender, Sexuality and Popular Culture, 21st – 22nd April 2023, Virtual Conference.
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“Dazzled by Brass and Scarlet”: The Soldier as Sexual Scapegoat in 19th Century British Literature
Delivered at The Uniform: Symbols of Power, Propaganda and Organisation in Popular Culture, 20th April 2023, Virtual Conference. Sexual promiscuity was common in men of all classes and occupations, with sailors frequenting brothels often enough slang terms were developed for the sex workers they visited. In spite of this, however, only members of the military…
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Frankenstein’s Promethian Beginnings: The Mythical Origins of Shelley’s Origin Myth
Delivered at I19 Conference 2023: Beginnings, 31st March – 1st April 2023, Virtual Conference.
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‘“I Wonder His Mother Does Not Rise From Her Grave” – Nightmares and Traumatic Repetition in Frankenstein and Wuthering Heights,’
Delivered at “Trauma and Nightmare”, 6th International Interdisciplinary Conference, 16th – 17th March 2023, Virtual Conference.
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All-Consuming Desires: The Re-Emergence of the Queer Cannibal Figure in 21st Century Television
Delivered at Progressive Connexions: Evil and Sexuality, 7th – 8th May 2022, Prague, Czech Republic. Cannibalism and homosexuality formed the true self/other divide within 19th Century society, with both practices disavowed as sins against the flesh. The idea of such monstrous appetites informed European prejudices against colonial subjects, as well as leading to strict laws…
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We Need to Talk About Joffrey: Murder, Meaning and the ‘Evil Child’ Post-Columbine
Delivered at 2nd Global Conference: Evil Children: Children and Evil, 9th – 10th October 2021, Virtual Conference.