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The Acting Class and the Myths of Meritocracy
O'Neill, Deirdre; Wayne, Mike (2022-01-02)Our feature documentary The Acting Class (2017) is here contextualised in the context of a critique of the cultural industries as part of the ideology of meritocracy and a resurgence of work around class in the sociology ... -
Africa : regional overview
Mhlanga, Brilliant; Theimann, Inga; Jennings, Paige Wilhite; Young, Laura A. (Minority Rights Group International, London, 2014-07)Hate speech and hate crime remain difficult issues in Southern Africa, where the legacies of colonialism and apartheid embedded concepts of racial difference and tribalism. In 2013 South Africa took steps towards identifying ... -
Africa's transformational post-colonial leadership and colonial antinomies : Sir Quett Ketumile Joni Masire of Botswana
Mhlanga, Brilliant (2015)This article offers a critical engagement of Sir Quett Ketumile Masire's eighteen years in power (1980-1998). Masire epitomises the kind of transformational political leadership that has sustained Botswana's political ... -
Being recognized in an algorithmic system: Cruel optimism in gay visibility on Douyin and Zhihu
Wang, Shuaishuai; Zhou, Tianyang (2022-06-06)Drawing upon “algorithmic ethnography” (Christin, 2020), this article enrolls algorithms to gather qualitative data to examine how Chinese social media platforms and their algorithms intersect with gay visibility. By looking ... -
“Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik” : Unearthing Gay Male Anxieties in Queer Gothic Soaps Dante’s Cove (2005-2007) and The Lair (2007-2009)
Elliott-Smith, Darren (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014-07) -
Body, Soul and Cyberspace in Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema : Virtual Worlds and Ethical Problems
Magerstadt, Sylvie (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014-09)Body, Soul and Cyberspace explores how recent science-fiction cinema addresses questions about the connections between body and soul, virtuality, and the ways in which we engage with spirituality in the digital age. The ... -
Bondage of Boundaries and Identity Politics in Postcolonial Africa : The ‘Northern Problem’ and Ethno-Futures
Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J.; Mhlanga, Brillant; School of Humanities; Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute; English Literature and Creative Writing; Media Research Group; Film; Creative Economy Research Centre; Media (Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA), 2013) -
Care, illness and television spectatorship
Sutton, Paul (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020-05-28) -
Ceausescu's orphans: What a regressive abortion law does to a country
Maxwell Magnus, Sharon (2017-02-01)https://theconversation.com/ceau-escus-orphans-what-a-regressive-abortion-law-does-to-a-country-71949 -
The collaborative film work of Greengrass and Damon : a stylistic state of exception
Peacock, Steven (2012-11)This article considers formal negotiations of terrorism in the collaborative film work of one director (Paul Greengrass) and one actor (Matt Damon). It explores the coupling of stylistic dynamics and sociocultural concerns ... -
'Come on Boy! Bring it!' : Embracing Queer Erotic Aesthetics in Marcus Nispel’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Elliott-Smith, Darren (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015-10-14) -
Comics on Screen : Pages and Places in the Cloud
Nichols, Jayms Clifford (Brill Publishing House, 2019-07-22)Comics has long been a form of sequential art that has evolved alongside the printed page. As the print industry has developed so too have comics. From the black and white strips of newspapers to the colourful serial print ... -
Country Walks: A multimedia and cloud computing approach to navigating short country walks
Thomas, Peter (2016)This research involved the production of a sample website which demonstrates that an open source Content Management System (CMS) can be developed in order to bring together a number of different cloud computing resources ... -
Crossing the Line : Millennium and Wallander On Screen and the Global Stage
Peacock, Steven (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)Through a combination of socio-historical analysis and close criticism, the chapter explores the intersections between adaptations of Larsson and Mankell's written work, particularly in terms of their relationship to ... -
Cultural Pluralism and Democratic Ideation - An African Story : The Case Study of South Africa's Three Ethnic Minority Radio Stations
Mhlanga, Brillant (IGI Global Publishing, 2013)This chapter focuses on the mediation of cultural pluralism by the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s three ethnic minority radio stations: Munghana Lonene FM, Phalaphala FM, and X-K FM.1 By discussing these radio ... -
‘Death is the New Pornography!’ : Gay Zombies, Homonormativity and Consuming Masculinity in Queer Horror
Elliott-Smith, Darren (I.B. Tauris, 2014) -
Declassing the Academy
O'Neill, Deirdre (2022-04-01) -
Demographic representation of COVID-19 social media and information engagement in Nigeria
Winifred Ekezie; Bosah, Genevieve (2021-06-28)Disease outbreaks affect demographic groups differently, as evident with the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health communication during these periods, especially on social media, aims to encourage individuals to improve their ... -
Developmental and Cultural Conceptions : A Matter of Injustice
Mhlanga, Brillant (Brill Academic Publishers, 2012)