Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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‘Hey, mate!’: Intervening the masculinity crisis in ABC’s Man Up
Published 2018-05-24This thesis explores the complex entanglements between governmentality, masculinity, health, and mateship in the television series Man Up (2016). Man Up was a three-part documentary series broadcast by the ABC in 2016 that ...Thesis, Honours -
Awkward Sex: Revisiting Rosalind Gill’s Sex Advice Repertoires in the Context of New Media Listicles
Published 2018-05-24This thesis revisits Rosalind Gill’s 2009 influential study of sex-advice columns in Glamour (UK) magazine in order to test her arguments about mediated intimacy within the new media genre of the listicle. This is achieved ...Thesis, Honours -
Unruly Women, Queer Objects: Analysing Object Conduct in Todd Haynes’ Carol (2015)
Published 2018-05-24My thesis undertakes an analysis of object conduct - the way individuals socially and personally engage with matter - in Todd Haynes’ Carol (2015), a film about a clandestine lesbian relationship in 1950’s America. Through ...Thesis, Honours -
True Black Metal: Authenticity, Nostalgia, and Transgression in the Black Metal Scene
Published 2017-09-20Black metal as a distinct genre of popular music is characterized by a general yearning for authenticity. This authenticity can be expressed through production values, musical techniques adopted, and style of dress and ...Thesis, Honours -
Awkward Sex: Revisiting Rosalind Gill’s Sex Advice Repertoires in the Context of New Media Listicles
Published 2017-09-12This thesis revisits Rosalind Gill’s 2009 influential study of sex-advice columns in Glamour (UK) magazine in order to test her arguments about mediated intimacy within the new media genre of the listicle. This is achieved ...Thesis, Honours