Mike Chopra-Gant
Biographic Data
| ID | 2098614 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mike Chopra-Gant |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mike |
| FAMILY NAME | Chopra-Gant |
| SIGNATURE | CHOPRA-GANT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | London Metropolitan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Pictures or It Didn’t Happen
This article presents an analysis of the phenomenon of “retro” digital photography, informed by aspects of postmodern theory, notably Jameson’s assertion that postmodernity is characterized by “nostalgia for the present,” and the shift toward nonessentialist conceptions of identity. The article argues for a rigorous application of these concepts and suggests that the popularity of “retro” effects used in smartphone photography represents an effor…
Media and nostalgia
One of the changes brought about by postmodernism has been the displacement of (capital H) History from the monopolistic position it once occupied as the unchallengeable authority on the past, and
War and Film
War and Film JAMES CHAPMAN Trowbridge, Reaktion Books, 2008 280 pp., illus., filmography, index, £10.00 (paper) It is quite astonishing that James Chapman has been able to write such a short book o
Absent fathers and 'moms', delinquent daughters and mummy's boys
This article analyses Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946 USA), paying particular attention to the film's deployment of the figures of the 'absent father' and the 'mom'. The article examines the intertextual relationships that connect these representational figures in the film to a range of other sites within the contemporary culture where anxieties concerning these figures were articulated. The article thus presents a contextualized reading of th…
Pictures or It Didn’t Happen
This article presents an analysis of the phenomenon of “retro” digital photography, informed by aspects of postmodern theory, notably Jameson’s assertion that postmodernity is characterized by “nostalgia for the present,” and the shift toward nonessentialist conceptions of identity. The article argues for a rigorous application of these concepts and suggests that the popularity of “retro” effects used in smartphone photography represents an effor…
Absent fathers and 'moms', delinquent daughters and mummy's boys
This article analyses Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946 USA), paying particular attention to the film's deployment of the figures of the 'absent father' and the 'mom'. The article examines the intertextual relationships that connect these representational figures in the film to a range of other sites within the contemporary culture where anxieties concerning these figures were articulated. The article thus presents a contextualized reading of th…
War and Film
War and Film JAMES CHAPMAN Trowbridge, Reaktion Books, 2008 280 pp., illus., filmography, index, £10.00 (paper) It is quite astonishing that James Chapman has been able to write such a short book o
Pictures or It Didn’t Happen
This article presents an analysis of the phenomenon of “retro” digital photography, informed by aspects of postmodern theory, notably Jameson’s assertion that postmodernity is characterized by “nostalgia for the present,” and the shift toward nonessentialist conceptions of identity. The article argues for a rigorous application of these concepts and suggests that the popularity of “retro” effects used in smartphone photography represents an effor…
Media and nostalgia
One of the changes brought about by postmodernism has been the displacement of (capital H) History from the monopolistic position it once occupied as the unchallengeable authority on the past, and
Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (2 works) · Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Art history (1 work) · Assertion (1 work) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 work)