Dr Christine Cornea
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Lecturer |
C dot Cornea at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 2873 |
Registry And Council House 3.30 |
Biography
My teaching and research has broadly been concerned with the cultural significance of popular cinema and television genres. Recent work has specifically revolved around questions of race, gender/sexuality, screen performance, industrial aesthetics and practices in film and television. While my approach draws upon both historical and theoretical traditions, current work has also focused upon the use of qualitative research, in particular the practitioner interview. I have explored all of these areas in recent publications on both science fiction and the musical film, as well in my teaching at MA and BA levels. I am currently working on a further monograph on science fiction television, as well as an edited collection on the dramatisation of disaster in films, television, comics and video games.
PhD Supervision
I currently supervise 7 Ph.D. students covering various topics, including: subjectivity and contemporary American science fiction television; apocalyptic science fiction film; masculinity and the road movie; re-signification in American Independent cinema; sound and cinema.
I have been the primary supervisor for 3 PhD students, who successfully completed and graduated in 2011 and 2012 respectively, on the following topics: the films of Hal Hartley; the representation of women in the films of Woody Allen and their popular and critical reception; the science fiction novel and meta-narrative strategies.
Key Research Interests
Past Research Projects and Grants
| Project Title | Start Date | End Date | Funding Body |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Post-Apocalyptic TV Drama in the UK and US (resubmission) | 1/5/2008 | 15/12/2008 | British Academy |
Article
Cornea, Christine (2014) Re-Viewing 'Survivors' (BBC, 1975-77): Gender, Genre and National Anxiety. Quarterly Review of Film and Video, 31 (5). (In Press)
Cornea, Christine, Bowater, Laura and Bowater, Richard (2012) Visualizing Science Fiction and relating it to Science Fact. The Biochemist, 34 (6). pp. 4-8. ISSN 0954-982X
Cornea, Christine, Bowater, Laura, James, Helen and Bowater, Richard (2012) Using science fiction to teach science facts. The Biochemist, 34 (6). pp. 15-20. ISSN 0954-982X
Cornea, Christine (2011) British Science Fiction in the Discursive Context of Second Wave Feminism. Genders Journal, 54 (Fall).
Cornea, Christine (2008) In Focus: The Practitioner Interview in Film and Television Studies. Cinema Journal , 47(2). pp. 117-154.
Cornea, Christine (2008) Introduction: Interviews in Film and Television Studies. Cinema Journal, 47(2). pp. 117-23.
Cornea, Christine (2003) David Cronenberg’s Crash and Performing Cyborgs. Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film & TV, 52 (1). pp. 4-14.
Book Section
Cornea, Christine (2013) Discourses of Disaster. In: Dramatising Disaster: Character, Event, Representation. Cambridge Scholars Press, Cambridge, pp. 1-6. ISBN 978-1443842419
Cornea, Christine (2013) Post-Apocalyptic Narrative and Environmental Documentary: The Case of 'Life After People'. In: Dramatising Disaster: Character, Event, Representation. Cambridge Scholars Press, Cambridge, pp. 151-166. ISBN 978-1443842419
Cornea, Christine (2012) 'So Bad It's Good': Critical Humor in Science Fiction Cinema. In: The Last Laugh: Strange Humors of Cinema. Wayne State University Press. (In Press)
Cornea, Christine (2011) Frankenheimer and the Science Fiction/Horror Film. In: A Little Solitaire: John Frankenheimer and American Film. Rutgers University Press, pp. 229-243. ISBN 9780813550602
Cornea, Christine (2010) Editor's Introduction. In: Genre and Performance: Film and Television. Manchester University Press, pp. 1-17. ISBN 9780719079801
Cornea, Christine (2010) 2-D Performance and the re-Animated Actor. In: Genre and Performance: Film and Television. Manchester University Press, pp. 148-165. ISBN 9780719079801
Cornea, Christine (2009) Showrunning the Doctor Who Franchise. In: Production Studies: Cultural Studies of Media Industries. Routledge. ISBN 9780415997966
Cornea, Christine (2006) Star Wars IV: A New Hope(1977). In: Understanding Film Genres. McGraw-Hill College. ISBN 0072563699
Cornea, Christine (2006) The Hollywood Musical. In: Contemporary American Cinema. Open University Press, pp. 53-61. ISBN 0335218326
Cornea, Christine (2006) Arnold Schwarzenegger. In: Contemporary American Cinema. Open University Press, pp. 284-288. ISBN 0335218326
Cornea, Christine (2006) The American Musical since the 1960s. In: Contemporary American Cinema. Open University Press, pp. 53-56. ISBN 0335218326
Cornea, Christine (2005) The Figuration of the Cyborg in Science Fiction Novels and Films. In: Companion to Science Fiction (Blackwell Companions to Literature & Culture). Blackwell Publishing, pp. 275-288. ISBN 9781405112185
Cornea, Christine (2005) Techno-Orientalism and the Postmodern Subject. In: Screen Methods: Comparative Readings in Film Studies. Wallflower Press, pp. 72-81. ISBN 1904764347
Book
Cornea, Christine and Thomas, Rhys Owain, eds. (2013) Dramatising Disaster: Character, Event, Representation. Cambridge Scholars Press, Cambridge. ISBN 978-1443842419
Cornea, Christine, ed. (2010) Genre and Performance: Film and Television. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719079801
Cornea, Christine (2007) Science Fiction Cinema: Between Fantasy and Reality. Rutgers University Press, p. 308. ISBN 9780813541730
External Activities and Indicators of Esteem
- April 2012-December 2015: Member of AHRC Peer Review College.
- External Examiner for PhD Thesis, Southern Cross University, NSW, Australia (October 2010).
- External Examiner for PhD Thesis, University of Sussex (Spring 2011).
- Member of Conference Programming Committee for Society of Cinema and Media Studies(SCMS)
- Have sat on 2 x BA and 2 x MA Course Validation Panels as External Assessor.
- 2007-2011: External Examiner for the Department of Drama: Theatre, Film and Television, at the University of Bristol.
- Book Proposal Reviewer: Blackwell Publishing, Palgrave Macmillan Press, I.B.Tauris.
- Peer Reviewer: Celebrity Studies journal, Screening the Past journal, Scope journal, Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance, Transnational Cinemas journal, NECSUS - European Journal of Media Studies.
- External Assessor for Professorship at Edge Hill University
