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{"title":"Noise, ecological crises, and the posthuman sensibility of Michel Serres in Jonathan Glazer’s <i>Under the Skin</i>","authors":"Kevin J. Hunt","doi":"10.1080/10304312.2023.2272567","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2023.2272567","url":null,"abstract":"This article revisits Jonathan Glazer’s sci-fi film Under the Skin, ten years on from its release in 2013, to re-read it through Michel Serres’s posthuman philosophy as an allegorical warning about the ongoing ecological crises. Making this argument involves recognizing, through Serres, the crucial role of artistic practice in questioning our current neglect of sensible modes of being. Focusing upon the importance of ‘noise’ within Serres’s posthuman thinking, this article considers the alignment between the sensibility of ‘The Female’ in Under the Skin – an alien in human form (portrayed by Scarlett Johansson) – and the virtue of sensibility advocated by Serres of being ‘on the cusp of sense in the making’ (Webb 2018): a dynamic position situated between the chaotic noise of the world and the limitations of human language (Serres 2016). In combination with Glazer’s direction, the original musical score by Mica Levi and innovative sound design by Johnnie Burn are central to the argument. An additional aim of the article is to show the significance of Serres’s thinking within cultural studies, where this philosophy is currently undervalued.","PeriodicalId":47203,"journal":{"name":"Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135393344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Handshakes and hashtags: how changing social interactions make us feel awkward","authors":"Guilherme Giolo, Alina Pavlova, Yosha Wijngaarden, Pauwke Berkers","doi":"10.1080/10304312.2023.2273758","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2023.2273758","url":null,"abstract":"In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing measures were implemented across the globe. These measures demanded replacing taken-for-granted social practices such as shaking hands with new interaction rituals. Based on our personal observations, this collective process of learning new interactions often resulted in feelings of awkwardness. Awkwardness, in this sense, is more than an individual emotion; it is also a cultural marker helping us understand how interactions, interaction rituals and social norms are constituted. Therefore, we aim to obtain a better understanding of both what people perceive as failed interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how they perceive these awkward moments. We do so by looking at how awkwardness is discussed in social and news media during the first wave of the pandemic. Combining a topic modelling of tweets and a thematic text analysis of news articles, we show the main topics representing awkwardness in relation to COVID-19, and how this links to new forms of face-to-face and mediated interactions. Moreover, we demonstrate that experiences of awkwardness often relate to the necessity of bodily and situational co-presence, creating a stronger sense of intimacy, synchronicity and sequency.","PeriodicalId":47203,"journal":{"name":"Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135475344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Figuring it out: ‘confusing’ non-binary gender in <i>Runaways</i> and <i>The Order of the Stick</i>","authors":"Melissa Shani Brown, Jude Roberts","doi":"10.1080/10304312.2023.2272566","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2023.2272566","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTIn this article we engage with the representation of non-binary gender in two sci-fi/fantasy comics (Runaways and The Order of the Stick), and metatextual discussion surrounding them. In our analysis we focus on how non-binary gender is represented, and ways in which the comics reveal implicit anxieties around non/human characters who are non-binary. The idea that non-binary gender is ‘hiding’ a true, binary, gender is present within and beyond the text: rather than accepting these characters’ non-binary gender as a fact of their species within the narrative, it is treated a puzzle to be solved. We explore how texts, and fans, focus upon the body and subsequently sexuality as a locus of gender ‘truth’, even though as drawings these bodies cannot be further revealed beyond the page or screen. We argue these comics ‘confuse’ gender in different ways: at times by purposefully confounding the possibility of pinpointing a ‘true’ binary gender for non-binary characters, while at others taking a more conservative path of displacing such ‘confusion’ onto the non-binary characters themselves to imply that it is they who are ‘confused’ – while reflecting broader social patterns, this characterizes non-binary gender as though it were not a valid way of being.KEYWORDS: non-binary gendercomics/graphic novelsfandomThe Order of the StickMarvel’s Runaways Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.DeclarationsThe authors report there are no competing interests to declare.Ethical ApprovalThis research was conducted within Ruhr-Universität Bochum’s Code of Good Scientific Practice, which obliges researchers connected to this institution to abide by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)’s Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice: Code of Conduct (2019). The research methods used comply with guidelines referring to the respectful use, and anonymizing of non-personal and non-sensitive data, gathered in public spaces, including online spaces, and have been approved by the head of the research unit.Notes1. The fan forum we focus upon here is Giant in the Playground. This is a publicly accessible site where fans would not have an expectation of privacy, and there is no personal or identifying information about the participants. This means there is no demographic information about the fans whose posts we quote – including their own forms of identification – however the focus of our analysis is on the interpretations made of the gender and sexualities of the fictional characters, particularly the extent to which, regardless of the fans’ identities, there was a tendency to read these characters as binary. See the Declarations for discussion of the ethics procedures followed for this research.2. Runaways has been adapted by Hulu (beginning in Citation2017). Xavin did not appear until Season 2, and is played by cis-female actor Clarissa Thibeaux. Here we focus upon representation in the comics.Additional informatio","PeriodicalId":47203,"journal":{"name":"Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136067360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"State-sponsored stigma and discrimination: female Indonesian migrants in Hong Kong during the Pandemic","authors":"Irfan Wahyudi, Rachmah Ida, Panizza Allmark, Sri Endah Kinasih","doi":"10.1080/10304312.2023.2272565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2023.2272565","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 Pandemic has critically affected migrant workers' social wellbeing in host countries. In Hong Kong, migrant workers who work in domestic sectors are facing stricter rules that may be considered discriminatory, such as the Hong Kong government’s claim that migrants are at ‘high risk’ for infection, because of their habit of ‘mingling’ with other migrant workers. The official messaging positions migrant workers as ‘virus carriers’, this further results in the increase of mental, physical and social exclusion for migrants, in particular female Indonesian domestic migrant workers, who are a vulnerable and marginalized group. This article focuses on how the COVID-19 messaging that came from the Hong Kong government increased the stigma and discrimination towards domestic migrant workers and to provide some examples of the activist responses to the stigmatization through the rise of non-state actors.KEYWORDS: MigrantpandemicstigmadiscriminationstateHong Kong Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":47203,"journal":{"name":"Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135166073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Material girls and Material love: Consuming femininity and the contradictions of post-girl power among Kenyan schoolgirls.","authors":"Sanyu A Mojola","doi":"10.1080/10304312.2015.1022949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2015.1022949","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this paper, I use qualitative data to explore the practices engaged in by Kenyan schoolgirls to participate in modern consuming womanhood, as well as the contradictory implications of these practices for thinking about globalized mediated femininities and their enactment in resource-poor settings. The paper examines the centrality of consumption to valued modern femininity among young women around the world, as well as the structural reality of gendered access to income. I show how the cooptation of the materiality of romantic love and normative expectations of male provision in romantic relationships bridge the gap between consumption desires and economic realities among Kenyan schoolgirls in both powerful and problematic ways. The paper ends with a reflection of the implications of these findings for post-girl power, the post-feminist age and the re-inscription of patriarchy.</p>","PeriodicalId":47203,"journal":{"name":"Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10304312.2015.1022949","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34857340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Anglican Church School Education: Moving Beyond the First Two Hundred Years","authors":"A. Wright","doi":"10.5040/9781472552761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5040/9781472552761","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47203,"journal":{"name":"Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2012-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81678446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Theology and philosophy : faith and reason","authors":"G. D'Costa, Mervyn Davies Peter Hampson, Crisp Oliver","doi":"10.5040/9781472551436","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5040/9781472551436","url":null,"abstract":"Foreword by Rowan Williams Introduction - The Editors A. The Traditions B. Philosophy as handmaiden of theology: Which Philosophy? C. Faith, Reason and the World.","PeriodicalId":47203,"journal":{"name":"Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83974146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Muslim Youth: Challenges, Opportunities and Expectations","authors":"G. Cressey","doi":"10.5040/9781472548658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5040/9781472548658","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47203,"journal":{"name":"Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84241506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"In the Limelight and Under the Microsope: Forms and Functions of Female Celebrity","authors":"Catherine E Hindson","doi":"10.5040/9781628928082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5040/9781628928082","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47203,"journal":{"name":"Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80817243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Continuum Companion to Continental Philosophy","authors":"H. Kollias","doi":"10.5040/9781472547576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5040/9781472547576","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47203,"journal":{"name":"Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91343440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}