Issue 1.6

Issue 1.6 Previous Issues

Extraordinary Renditions: Voicing Opposition to War

Andrea Brady’s recent poem ‘Saw Fit’ and Alan Jenkins’ ‘Descent’ explicitly address the historical context of the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq…

Issue 1.6 Previous Issues

Fifty Shades of the Future

Katy Shaw November 1, 2012 3 Comments Amazon authorship BDSM Chick Lit circulation consumption e-books E. L. James Erotic literature Fifty Shades of Grey form gender genre Kindle Leveson Inquiry mummy porn publishing publishing industry romance ficiton sexuality Stephanie Meyer TwiFic Twilight Vintage yummy mummy fiction

In departure lounges, train stations and motorway services across the UK, one novel – or rather one trilogy – has graced the laps of engrossed readers for the past twelve months…

Issue 1.6 Previous Issues

Superhumanity: Refiguring the Superhero

Sarah Chihaya November 1, 2012 No Comments Barack Obama Black Panther California Christopher Nolan comics Democratic National Convention 2004 fiction genre Incredible Hulk John Carter Jonathan Letham Joss Whedon Juno Diaz Kavalier and Clay Mark Ruffalo Marvel Universe Michael Chabon novel reading Secret Skin Spiderman 2 superhero fatigue superheroes superhuman Telegraph Avenue The Avengers The Dark Knight Rises Wakanda

Like the urban thoroughfare it’s named after, Michael Chabon’s Telegraph Avenue (2012) contains diverse and highly specific multitudes. It is a…

Issue 1.6 Previous Issues

Social Media Memory

Courtney Hopf November 1, 2012 1 Comment avatars blogs collective memory digital identity digital social media facebook Flickr Goodreads Jeremy Garner Jonathan Culler José van Dijck LibraryThing Maurice Halbwachs memory studies narrative theory narrative turn narratology naturalization Shelfari storytelling Structuralist Poetics Timeline

As an academic field, ‘memory studies’ has been around for almost a century – Maurice Halbwachs first coined the term ‘collective memory’ in 1925 – but it was in the late…