This collection brings together leading research on contemporary and popular culture, focussing on marginalised voices and representations; socially marginalised, marginalised in media and media scholarship. It spans five continents, with contributions on topics like gender, sexuality, nation, disability, disciplinary boundaries, youth and age.
Introduction: Marginalised Voices, Representations And Practices; Jenny Alexander, Heather Savigny, Einar Thorsen And Daniel Jackson SECTION 1: GENDER AND GENRE 1. No Small-Talk In Paradise: Why Elysium Fails The Bechdel Test, And Why We Should Care; Christa Van Raalte 2. You Play Your Part: Older Women On Screen And In Production; Kirsten Macleod SECTION 2: SEXUALITY, ARTISTRY AND SELF-FASHIONING 3. Marginally Male, Centre Stage And Spot-Lit: The (Gender) Trouble With Quentin Crisp; Mark. J. Bendall 4. Registers Of Performance: Negotiating The Professional, Personal And Intimate In Online Persona Creation; Kim Barbour 5. Artistic Tactics Of The Everyday: Ideology Reframings In Grzinic And Smid's Practice; Katarzyna Kosmala SECTION 3: NATION AND ITS 'OTHERS' 6. Making Sense Of Health Messages On HIV And AIDS In South African Women's Magazines; Claudia Van Den Berg 7. 'De Margin And De Centre': Repositioning Race And Ethnicity In Diasporic European Cinema; Daniela Berghahn 8. Cinematic Narrative: The Construction Of Dalit Identity In Bollywood; Vidushi Vidz SECTION 4: DISABILITY AND DIVERSITY 9. Dementia Care And Families: Care Decisions And Emotions In Popular Magazines; Sanna Inthorn And Julia Inthorn 10. Negotiating Doctor Who Neuro-Diversity And Fandom; Leslie Manning SECTION 5: DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES 11. Tourists, Vandals And Pilgrims: A Study Of Participant Responses To The Gromit Unleashed Public Art Trail In Bristol, 2013; Emma Pett 12. 'I Hear Of Sherlock Everywhere'?: The Holmes Franchise At The Centre And The Margins; Roberta Pearson 13. Censorship As Performance: A Case Of Singapore Media Production; Siao Yuong Fong SECTION 6: THE THREE AGES OF 'MAN' (YOUTH, AGE, MINORITARIAN MASCULINITY) 14. 'Shoved Online': BBC Three, British Television And The Marginalisation Of Young Adult Audiences; Brett Mills 15. Self-Created Digital Content Sharing In Retirement; Tim Riley 16. 'It Took A Lot To Admit I Am Male On Here'. Going Where Few Men Dare To Tread: Men On Mumsnet; Sarah Pedersen
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