J M S Tompkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 1031269 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J M S Tompkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | J M S |
| FAMILY NAME | Tompkins |
| SIGNATURE | TOMPKINS J M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Allegheny College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
It’s about respect!” college-athlete activism and left neoliberalism
This essay offers a critique of left neoliberalism with reference to certain tendencies in cultural studies, antiracist politics, disparity discourse, and college sports. Where the dominant tendency in cultural studies has been to produce complex analyses of identity-based oppression, this article insists on a conception of class politics that, on the one hand, calls for more attention to exploitation and, on the other, de-emphasizes the “working…
A Postgame Interview for the Ages
This essay analyzes articulations of race and power as they surfaced in the media uproar surrounding National Football League (NFL) star Richard Sherman's notorious 2014 National Football Conference (NFC) Championship post-game 'interview for the ages.' It charts two dialectical poles of representation: overtly racist denunciations of Sherman as a classless 'thug' and counter-representations of self-enterprising talent. I argue these competing im…
Return from Exile: How Extreme Metal Culture Found Its Niche with Dethklok and Postnetwork TV
Horror 2.0 (On Demand)
This article examines the horror movie industry’s mobilization of web content and digital distribution outlets, such as video-on-demand (VOD), and how specific fan practices get encoded into business models shaping web 2.0 strategies. Specifically, it examines the emergence of the multiplatform brand Fearnet, a joint cable channel, website, and VOD service owned by Comcast, Lionsgate, and Sony Pictures Entertainment. It argues that the service, w…
The Cultural Politics of Horror Film Criticism
This article examines film criticism as a social practice. Specifically, it explores the institutional politics of horror film criticism and the various ways critics of the genre justify their own readings and interpretive discourse. It does so by way of positing a horror film “reading formation,” which serves a critical-institutional function within the film academy, namely, securing academic legitimacy for the genre while shoring up cultural an…
Kipling and Nordic myth and Saga
A Postgame Interview for the Ages
This essay analyzes articulations of race and power as they surfaced in the media uproar surrounding National Football League (NFL) star Richard Sherman's notorious 2014 National Football Conference (NFC) Championship post-game 'interview for the ages.' It charts two dialectical poles of representation: overtly racist denunciations of Sherman as a classless 'thug' and counter-representations of self-enterprising talent. I argue these competing im…
Kipling and Nordic myth and Saga
Horror 2.0 (On Demand)
This article examines the horror movie industry’s mobilization of web content and digital distribution outlets, such as video-on-demand (VOD), and how specific fan practices get encoded into business models shaping web 2.0 strategies. Specifically, it examines the emergence of the multiplatform brand Fearnet, a joint cable channel, website, and VOD service owned by Comcast, Lionsgate, and Sony Pictures Entertainment. It argues that the service, w…
The Cultural Politics of Horror Film Criticism
This article examines film criticism as a social practice. Specifically, it explores the institutional politics of horror film criticism and the various ways critics of the genre justify their own readings and interpretive discourse. It does so by way of positing a horror film “reading formation,” which serves a critical-institutional function within the film academy, namely, securing academic legitimacy for the genre while shoring up cultural an…
Return from Exile: How Extreme Metal Culture Found Its Niche with Dethklok and Postnetwork TV
A Postgame Interview for the Ages
This essay analyzes articulations of race and power as they surfaced in the media uproar surrounding National Football League (NFL) star Richard Sherman's notorious 2014 National Football Conference (NFC) Championship post-game 'interview for the ages.' It charts two dialectical poles of representation: overtly racist denunciations of Sherman as a classless 'thug' and counter-representations of self-enterprising talent. I argue these competing im…
It’s about respect!” college-athlete activism and left neoliberalism
This essay offers a critique of left neoliberalism with reference to certain tendencies in cultural studies, antiracist politics, disparity discourse, and college sports. Where the dominant tendency in cultural studies has been to produce complex analyses of identity-based oppression, this article insists on a conception of class politics that, on the one hand, calls for more attention to exploitation and, on the other, de-emphasizes the “working…
Art (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · Digital Games and Media (2 works) · Entertainment (2 works) · Law (2 works)