Recent Submissions

  • Gender Spaces in Action Films: The Mad Max Franchise 

    Barros-Grela, Eduardo (Emerald, 2023)
    [Abstract] Action films have traditionally been included in a category of popular cinema that enhanced and celebrated male heroes as the epitome of masculinity. Classical representations of men in this genre included ...
  • Cultural Writings of the Fairy Tale: a Spatial Reading of Three Studio Ghibli Productions 

    Barros-Grela, Eduardo (Brill, 2020)
    [Abstract] In this chapter I delve into the many postmodern manifestations of Studio Ghibli’s productions in order to uncover the ‘shades of magic’ that engulf the fairy- tale genre and are re- told as parodical discursive ...
  • Transmedia Transpositions: Beyoncé and Rosalía 

    Barros-Grela, Eduardo; Patiño de Artaza, Andrea (Routledge, 2023)
    [Abstract] In 2016, Beyoncé released Lemonade, a multilayered production consisting of the American singer’s intermedia reinterpretation of Warsan Shire’ poetry. In 2018, Spanish urban singer Rosalía published her second ...
  • Past Future Cityscapes: Narratives of the Post- Human in Post-Urban Environments 

    Barros-Grela, Eduardo (Brill, 2018)
    [Abstract] Neon Genesis Evangelion (Hideaki Anno), a Japanese anime series, presents a postapocalyptic space that is exposed to continuous attacks by external mechanical devices. This space shows a bipolar identity defined ...
  • Yes, Indeed. Trap and politics 

    Barros-Grela, Eduardo (Routledge, 2022)
    [Abstract] This chapter discusses Spanish trap music to analyse its political articulations. The lack of critical sources about this specific form of popular culture favours the application of a comparative approach. From ...

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