Rodanthi Tzanelli is Associate Professor of Cultural Sociology at the University of Leeds.
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Published in: HomeConchita’s Eurovision: on aesthetic standards and transphobia battlesAesthetics are not just about prettiness but about the politics of perception and action. It has to do with playing...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Conchita’s Euro-vision: On aesthetic standards and transphobia battlesWhat is the role of gender in consolidating social identity and subjectivity? How has Conchita Wurst changed our...
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Published in: HomeERT’s shutdown, social amnesia, and communicative entitlementsThe Greek government’s decision to close ERT has been criticised in various activist channels as anti-democratic or...
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Published in: HomeAvatar’s ‘development’ predicamentThe globally-acclaimed film looks back to the past from a futuristic standpoint to simulate an archetypal moral tale...
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Published in: Home‘Take Five’: understanding Greek manifestations of ‘disrespect’
Parading on Greek National Days used to be the quintessential celebration of Greek identity. In the age of austerity...
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Published in: HomeThe Hobbit and New Zealand's heritage industry
Gollum has succeeded where politicians have failed, in replacing a colonial narrative with a myth that changes the...