Adele Jones – författare

Sarah Waters and Contemporary Feminisms presents ten readings of Sarah Waters’s fictions published to date in relation to feminism and contemporary feminist theory.

Explores the detail of Jane Campion's film and television output, considering her vision and practice, legacy, and her contribution to feminist filmmakingIncludes multiple approaches consolidated within a feminist frameworkEngages with Campion's oeuvre to-dateConsiders Campion's engagement with feminism and feminist filmmakingJane Campion's work shines a spotlight on gender relations, often through complex female characters and an innovative approach to the screen representation of women functioning at the edges of society. Campion is vocal about the under-representation of women in the film industry more generally, though her commitment to the notion of feminism is tempered by an ambivalence towards the term. Despite this ambiguity, Campion's continued focus on women merits an exploration of her work through a feminist lens particularly in the wake of #MeToo, which has had a wide-ranging impact on the film industry.

Jane Campion's work shines a spotlight on gender relations, often through complex female characters and an innovative approach to the screen representation of women functioning at the edges of society. Campion is vocal about the under-representation of women in the film industry more generally, though her commitment to the notion of feminism is tempered by an ambivalence towards the term. Despite this ambiguity, Campion's continued focus on women merits an exploration of her work through a feminist lens particularly in the wake of #MeToo, which has had a wide-ranging impact on the film industry.

For as long as Rennie Parker’s been alive, his parents have fought—about money, about life, but mostly about him being the biggest mistake of their lives. His half-brother, Blaine Colton, seems to have landed a sweet deal with his adoptive family, and Rennie can’t help being envious. When a night of domestic turmoil lands his mother in hospital and his father a thread away from arrest, Rennie gets his wish of staying with his brother’s family—but that’s not before he witnesses a stranger with bionic powers unearthing a high-tech vault in his backyard. Determined to discover the purpose of the stranger’s visit, he manages to secure the top-secret contents of the vault with inexplicable links to his brother. This lands him in a world of pain with a time gap he can’t explain, and an accusation of arson. When the one person he trusts, Blaine, turn against him, Rennie has to figure things out on his own. Left with a video of glowing hands, part of a dead scientist’s lecture on immortality, terrifying

Blaine Colton had been trapped in his own body by mitochondrial disease, until revolutionary gene therapy freed him. Just when he thinks he can be a normal teenager, he is told his life-changing procedure was unapproved, making him an illegal GMO. Held at an institute where he's subjected to constant testing, refused contact with his parents and deprived of life-sustaining medication, Blaine begins to suspect something, much bigger than himself, is going on. With his body failing and desperate for answers, he resolves to escape and find Professor Merrick Ramer, the developer of his therapy. But Ramer has vanished and time is running out. Fast.

High school senior, Anna Faraday, has a remarkable singing gift that liberates something inside people, and yet, she is stuck living cautiously after a fatal accident took her brothers life. The one thing that tempts her to break free and take a risk is Chase, the hot new American guy in her grade. When a simple trip to the high school physics department sees her targeted for her voice, and a reckless car drive ruins the most romantic night of her life, Anna is then forced to sing for a secret frequency-based experiment that goes wrong. Left fading from existence, she is thrust from her carefully measured world into a terrifying reality that leads her to seek help from Rennie Parker, the last guy she ever thought shed ask— a guy invisible to her, until then. Now the one unseen and unheard, Anna knows time is running short. Will Rennie, or anyone, understand whats happened before she disappears forever?