In 'Teen Evangelism', an essay, the researcher considers the ways celebrity myth in popular music ignores or obliterates the experiences of women.
Language
engPublication classification
JO4 Original Creative Works – OtherVolume
29Pagination
9-11ISSN
1835-5668Research statement
Background
Strongly written cultural criticism placing Australian literary output in its contemporary context can be a crucial riposte to the 'unremitting ideological war on knowledge, inquiry and, significantly, cultural memory' (Croggon 2016) waged by institutions and governments. In this portfolio, the researcher uses criticism to highlight the way that literature can be an intervention in broader national and international conversations.
Following Lukács on textual practice, the researcher asks: How can literary criticism advocate for and evaluate literary production, including film and theatre, while also intervening in contemporary conceptions of social and political life, and the environment?
Contribution The outputs in this portfolio are a hybrid of review, personal essay and cultural critique. They are defined by rigorous research and commitment to disseminating ideas across multiple registers and deploy aesthetically inventive techniques, including first person perspective to destabilize the authority of the critic. In insisting on the connection between the critical and creative, the author highlights the affective dimension of interpreting and responding to literature and the considers the ways that literary production and reception occurs in situated but dispersed contexts.
In 'Teen Evangelism' she considers the ways celebrity myth in popular music ignores or obliterates the experiences of women.Publisher
The Lifted BrowPlace of publication
Melbourne, Vic.Source
The Lifted Brow
