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Author: Helena Heald

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Cultural Studies

New Blood in Contemporary Cinema: Women Directors and the Poetics of Horror

posted by Helena Heald November 25, 20207 min read17 Views

by Patricia Pisters Watching horror movies Previously, I truly disliked horror films. In the late 1980s Brian de Palma’s Carrie…

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Christianity

Introducing Edinburgh Studies in Middle Eastern Christianity

posted by Helena Heald November 24, 20205 min read59 Views

by Deanna Ferree Womack and Philip Michael Forness Series editors Deanna Ferree Womack and Philip Michael Forness introduce our latest…

Cultural Studies

Three Ways to Counter a Propaganda Narrative (and How Iraqi Writers under Saddam Hussein Did it)

posted by Helena Heald September 30, 20206 min read42 Views

When I first started my research on propaganda and culture in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, the study of propaganda was…

Cultural Studies

Confusion and disorientation in Edward Yang’s Terrorizers

posted by Helena Heald September 1, 20207 min read66 Views

Confusing films Watching narrative films can be one of the most engrossing aesthetic experiences possible. It can also be completely…

Cultural Studies

Visually Speaking: African American Films Past and Present (Part Five)

posted by Helena Heald August 21, 20207 min read55 Views

In the final part of this five-part series on African American film, Geetha Ramanathan discusses 2017 hit “Get Out” alongside…

Cultural Studies

Visually Speaking: African American Films Past and Present (Part Four)

posted by Helena Heald August 20, 20207 min read59 Views

In part four of this five-part series, Geetha Ramanathan uses two examples to consider how African American films of the…

Cultural Studies

Visually Speaking: African American Films Past and Present (Part Three)

posted by Helena Heald August 19, 20208 min read70 Views

In part three of this five-part series, Geetha Ramanathan explores the use of American mythology and folklore in two African…

Cultural Studies

Visually Speaking: African American Films Past and Present (Part Two)

posted by Helena Heald August 18, 20207 min read52 Views

In part two of this five-part series, Geetha Ramanathan considers the use of the “ancestral archive” to discuss gender models…

Cultural Studies

Visually Speaking: African American Films Past and Present (Part One)

posted by Helena Heald August 17, 20207 min read73 Views

In this five-part series, Geetha Ramanathan, author of Kathleen Collins: The Black Essai Film (Edinburgh University Press, 2020), explores over…

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Five Essentials of Muslim Preaching

posted by Helena Heald August 10, 20205 min read75 Views

To celebrate the release of Muslim Preaching in the Middle East and Beyond: Historical and Contemporary Case Studies, editors Simon…

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