In Motion

This is a recording of the first panel for New Approaches to Gender, Film and Television: Histories and Futures in the Digital Age, the CATH Centre's 2013 postgraduate conference. The panel is entitled 'Textual representations of gender, sexuality and sexism' and features the following papers: Caitlin Shaw (De Montfort University) - ''You make that sound like a bad thing': Misogyny and nostalgia in Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes and Gene Hunt fandom' (0:00) Eve Bennett (De Montfort University) - 'The mad doll in the attic: Joss Whedon's Dollhouse as female gothic for the neoliberal era' (18:30) Laura Mee (De Montfort University) - ''Witless, ugly and unnecessary': Genre, gender and sexuality in I Spit on Your Grave (2010)' (39:25) A discussion follows at 58:27. Note: Due to technical problems with the recording, the first two papers have been re-recorded at a later date and edited into the original panel recording.