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(In)Human Entity: A Study of the ‘Living’ Doll in Contemporary Horror (2024)
Thesis
Mills, S. (2023). (In)Human Entity: A Study of the ‘Living’ Doll in Contemporary Horror. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4963735

This thesis, as the first full length study of dolls and horror, provides an extensive examination of the ‘living’ doll figure in contemporary horror narratives. Dolls have been a significant feature of the horror genre for decades and their prevalen... Read More about (In)Human Entity: A Study of the ‘Living’ Doll in Contemporary Horror.

Surveillance, State Violence and Resistance: A History of “Dangerous Incidents” between Police Officers and Black Individuals in the United States (2024)
Thesis
Blance, K. Surveillance, State Violence and Resistance: A History of “Dangerous Incidents” between Police Officers and Black Individuals in the United States. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4587924

[From the introduction]:
This thesis will seek to explore racialised surveillance and Black resistance to this surveillance in both historical and contemporary forms in the United States. At its core, this research will argue that racialised surveil... Read More about Surveillance, State Violence and Resistance: A History of “Dangerous Incidents” between Police Officers and Black Individuals in the United States.

Words Behind Walls: Prison Staff Writing (2023)
Book
Metcalf, J., Nichols, H., Westoby, C., & Clement, J. (Eds.). (2023). Words Behind Walls: Prison Staff Writing. Butcher's Dog Publishing

This anthology of writings stemmed from a University of Hull project that offered bespoke creative writing workshops to staff at both HMP Hull and HMP Manchester. The team wanted to support employees in a role that government and academic research re... Read More about Words Behind Walls: Prison Staff Writing.

Hope Walks by Me: Justice & Liberty in the Lands of the Free: Poetry & Prose by Ex-Offenders (2019)
Book
Litten, R., & Metcalf, J. (Eds.). (2019). Hope Walks by Me: Justice & Liberty in the Lands of the Free: Poetry & Prose by Ex-Offenders. Barbican Press

Ex-prisoners in Hull joined together with writer Russ Litten and academic Josephine Metcalf for a series of writing workshops.

Hope Walks By Me gathers the fruits of those months – individual poems by men and women, prose pieces, and ‘Group Poems’... Read More about Hope Walks by Me: Justice & Liberty in the Lands of the Free: Poetry & Prose by Ex-Offenders.

African American culture and society after Rodney King: Provocations and protests, progression and 'post-racialism' (2016)
Book
Metcalf, J., & Spaulding, C. (Eds.). (2016). African American culture and society after Rodney King: Provocations and protests, progression and 'post-racialism'. Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315565989

© Josephine Metcalf and Carina Spaulding 2015. 1992 was a pivotal moment in African American history, with the Rodney King riots providing palpable evidence of racialized police brutality, media stereotyping of African Americans, and institutional di... Read More about African American culture and society after Rodney King: Provocations and protests, progression and 'post-racialism'.

Introduction: “It’s got to feel real but not be real” (Ice-T) (2016)
Book Chapter
Metcalf, J., & Turner, W. (2016). Introduction: “It’s got to feel real but not be real” (Ice-T). In J. Metcalf, & W. Turner (Eds.), Rapper, Writer, Pop-Cultural Player : Ice-T and the Politics of Black Cultural Production (1-16). Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315603612-1

© Josephine Metcalf and Will Turner and the contributors 2014. In August 2012, the editors of this collection attended the European premier of the Ice-T (né Tracy Marrow) directed documentary, Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap. Held at the Hamme... Read More about Introduction: “It’s got to feel real but not be real” (Ice-T).

Breakbeat syncretism: The drum sample in African American popular music (2015)
Book Chapter
Oliver, R. (2015). Breakbeat syncretism: The drum sample in African American popular music. In J. Metcalf, & C. Spaulding (Eds.), African American Culture and Society After Rodney King: Provocations and Protests, Progression and 'Post-Racialism' (177-192). Ashgate

Introduction: “Out of the frying pan and into the fire” (2015)
Book Chapter
Metcalf, J., & Spaulding, C. (2015). Introduction: “Out of the frying pan and into the fire”. In J. Metcalf, & C. Spaulding (Eds.), African American Culture and Society After Rodney King: Provocations and Protests, Progression and 'Post-Racialism' (1-15). Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315565989-1

In September 2013, the University of Hull (UK) hosted a conference entitled “The African American Experience Since 1992.” Organized jointly by the American Studies program and the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE)... Read More about Introduction: “Out of the frying pan and into the fire”.

Afterword (2015)
Book Chapter
Oldfield, J. (2015). Afterword. In J. Metcalf, & C. Spaulding (Eds.), African American Culture and Society After Rodney King: Provocations and Protests, Progression and 'Post-Racialism' (303-307). Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315565989

Rapper, writer, pop-cultural player : Ice-T and the politics of black cultural production (2014)
Book
Metcalf, J., & Turner, W. (Eds.). (2014). Rapper, writer, pop-cultural player : Ice-T and the politics of black cultural production. Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315603612

© Josephine Metcalf and Will Turner and the contributors 2014. This collection of essays critically engages with factors relating to black urban life and cultural representation in the post-civil rights era, using Ice-T and his myriad roles as musici... Read More about Rapper, writer, pop-cultural player : Ice-T and the politics of black cultural production.