Kevin Mccarron
Biographic Data
| ID | 1056502 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Mccarron |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Mccarron |
| SIGNATURE | MCCARRON K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Roehampton Institute, London. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Alcoholism and authority
William Golding
Hidden Agendas
Those who admire the work of John Pilger, journalist and film maker, willfind much to enthuse over in Hidden Agendas, his seventh book. At nearly 700pages it is lengthy and its list of subjects includes Vietnam, East Timor,apartheid, English tabloid newspapers, Wapping, Rupert Murdoch, Burma,Hillsborough, Australian aboriginals, Kenya, Tony Blair and New Labour, theGulf War, and Northern Ireland. Pilger's primary themes, however, are considerably…
Tattoos and Heroin
This article suggests that a parallel exists between the practice of tattooing and the injection of heroin as both activities are represented in a body of literature here called `Junk Narratives'. These texts include William Burroughs' Junky, Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting, Jerry Stahl's Permanent Midnight and David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. In these books, act and meaning, as in life, are inseparable: tattoos can be interpreted, but that the…
Corpses, Animals, Machines and Mannequins
Corpses, Animals, Machines and Mannequins
Tattoos and Heroin
This article suggests that a parallel exists between the practice of tattooing and the injection of heroin as both activities are represented in a body of literature here called `Junk Narratives'. These texts include William Burroughs' Junky, Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting, Jerry Stahl's Permanent Midnight and David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. In these books, act and meaning, as in life, are inseparable: tattoos can be interpreted, but that the…
Corpses, Animals, Machines and Mannequins
Corpses, Animals, Machines and Mannequins
Hidden Agendas
Those who admire the work of John Pilger, journalist and film maker, willfind much to enthuse over in Hidden Agendas, his seventh book. At nearly 700pages it is lengthy and its list of subjects includes Vietnam, East Timor,apartheid, English tabloid newspapers, Wapping, Rupert Murdoch, Burma,Hillsborough, Australian aboriginals, Kenya, Tony Blair and New Labour, theGulf War, and Northern Ireland. Pilger's primary themes, however, are considerably…
Tattoos and Heroin
This article suggests that a parallel exists between the practice of tattooing and the injection of heroin as both activities are represented in a body of literature here called `Junk Narratives'. These texts include William Burroughs' Junky, Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting, Jerry Stahl's Permanent Midnight and David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. In these books, act and meaning, as in life, are inseparable: tattoos can be interpreted, but that the…
Alcoholism and authority
William Golding
Art (3 works) · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Australian Indigenous Culture and History (1 work) · Communication (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)