Glenn D’cruz
Biographic Data
| ID | 2922989 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Glenn D’cruz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Glenn |
| FAMILY NAME | D’cruz |
| SIGNATURE | D’CRUZ G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Or 4 things I know about the audiovisual essay, or the pedagogical perils of constructive alignment
In general terms, this paper situates the audiovisual-essay within current debates about the institutional viability of practice based research and argues that the video-essay as a form can unsettle verities about the relationship between creative play and scholarly knowledge within the university. It also makes a case for adopting an expanded conception of writing informed by Jacques Derrida’s account of grammatology as an integral strategy for …
Breaking bad
It is a Friday night at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), one of the world’s premier sporting stadiums. It is 24 May 2013 to be precise, and the football game in progress marks the beginning of t
Watching Waleed
Waleed Aly is the most visible Australian public intellectual from a non-Anglo-Australian background. In 2016, Aly won the most coveted prize in Australian television: The Gold Logie. He was voted the most popular celebrity on Australian television primarily on the basis of his role as the co-host of the news/entertainment panel show The Project. This article interrogates a selection of Aly’s notable media appearances with a focus on his role as …
Sonic technologies of Postmodernity and the grain of the voice in Robert Lepage’s Lipsynch 1
This paper unpacks the relationships between the human voice and sound technologies by re-reading and re-evaluating Roland Barthes seminal essay, ‘The Grain of the Voice’ an oft cited but frequently misunderstood text, in the light of Robert Lepage’s Lipsynch (Canada, 2012). This production explicitly uses analogue and digital sound technologies to reveal the complexities and contradictions operating within the sonic economy of the performance wi…
Will the Real Waleed Aly Please Stand Up? Media, Celebrity and the Making of An Australian Public Intellectual
Waleed Aly is arguably the most visible and vocal Australian public intellectual from a non-Anglo-Australian background. The ubiquitous Aly is a veritable Renaissance man - he is a television presenter, radio host, academic and rock musician. He is also a former lawyer, and served on the executive committee of the Islamic Council of Victoria. In short, he is the 'go-to 'Muslim for commentary on a wide range of political and civic affairs. This ar…
Class Act
Celebrates the company's artistic achievements and successes over the last two decades through interviews, essays and high quality images of key productions, and recounts its history, its evolving relationship with the embattled trade union movement, and its on-going engagement with working class, indigenous and migrant communities
Public Narratives, Minority Voices
Keywords: identityAnglo-Indiansethnicityre-cognition Notes 1. Before 1911 the term ‘Anglo-Indian’ referred to the British domiciled in India. See Goodrich Goodrich , Dorris . ‘The Making of an Ethnic Group: The Eurasian community in India.’ Diss. U of California at Berkeley , 1952 . [Google Scholar] for a detailed account of the formation of a distinct Anglo-Indian minoritarian community, supported by Hawes's more recent work. 2. Adrian Carton Ca…
Anglo-Indians in Hollywood, Bollywood and Arthouse Cinema
n\t\t\t\t\tApart from a few disparaging remarks about offensive stereotypes by Anglo-Indian writers and politicians such as Gloria Jean Moore, Frank Anthony and Gillian Hart, critics have paid very little attention to the representation of “mixed-race” Anglo-Indians in the cinema. Drawing on screen theory and recent theories of cinema spectatorship, this essay provides a comparative analysis of how Hollywood, Bollywood and arthouse films represen…
My Two Left Feet
"Stepford" Criticism
My Two Left Feet
Anglo-Indians in Hollywood, Bollywood and Arthouse Cinema
n\t\t\t\t\tApart from a few disparaging remarks about offensive stereotypes by Anglo-Indian writers and politicians such as Gloria Jean Moore, Frank Anthony and Gillian Hart, critics have paid very little attention to the representation of “mixed-race” Anglo-Indians in the cinema. Drawing on screen theory and recent theories of cinema spectatorship, this essay provides a comparative analysis of how Hollywood, Bollywood and arthouse films represen…
Breaking bad
It is a Friday night at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), one of the world’s premier sporting stadiums. It is 24 May 2013 to be precise, and the football game in progress marks the beginning of t
Watching Waleed
Waleed Aly is the most visible Australian public intellectual from a non-Anglo-Australian background. In 2016, Aly won the most coveted prize in Australian television: The Gold Logie. He was voted the most popular celebrity on Australian television primarily on the basis of his role as the co-host of the news/entertainment panel show The Project. This article interrogates a selection of Aly’s notable media appearances with a focus on his role as …
"Stepford" Criticism
My Two Left Feet
Public Narratives, Minority Voices
Keywords: identityAnglo-Indiansethnicityre-cognition Notes 1. Before 1911 the term ‘Anglo-Indian’ referred to the British domiciled in India. See Goodrich Goodrich , Dorris . ‘The Making of an Ethnic Group: The Eurasian community in India.’ Diss. U of California at Berkeley , 1952 . [Google Scholar] for a detailed account of the formation of a distinct Anglo-Indian minoritarian community, supported by Hawes's more recent work. 2. Adrian Carton Ca…
Anglo-Indians in Hollywood, Bollywood and Arthouse Cinema
n\t\t\t\t\tApart from a few disparaging remarks about offensive stereotypes by Anglo-Indian writers and politicians such as Gloria Jean Moore, Frank Anthony and Gillian Hart, critics have paid very little attention to the representation of “mixed-race” Anglo-Indians in the cinema. Drawing on screen theory and recent theories of cinema spectatorship, this essay provides a comparative analysis of how Hollywood, Bollywood and arthouse films represen…
Class Act
Celebrates the company's artistic achievements and successes over the last two decades through interviews, essays and high quality images of key productions, and recounts its history, its evolving relationship with the embattled trade union movement, and its on-going engagement with working class, indigenous and migrant communities
Will the Real Waleed Aly Please Stand Up? Media, Celebrity and the Making of An Australian Public Intellectual
Waleed Aly is arguably the most visible and vocal Australian public intellectual from a non-Anglo-Australian background. The ubiquitous Aly is a veritable Renaissance man - he is a television presenter, radio host, academic and rock musician. He is also a former lawyer, and served on the executive committee of the Islamic Council of Victoria. In short, he is the 'go-to 'Muslim for commentary on a wide range of political and civic affairs. This ar…
Sonic technologies of Postmodernity and the grain of the voice in Robert Lepage’s Lipsynch 1
This paper unpacks the relationships between the human voice and sound technologies by re-reading and re-evaluating Roland Barthes seminal essay, ‘The Grain of the Voice’ an oft cited but frequently misunderstood text, in the light of Robert Lepage’s Lipsynch (Canada, 2012). This production explicitly uses analogue and digital sound technologies to reveal the complexities and contradictions operating within the sonic economy of the performance wi…
Watching Waleed
Waleed Aly is the most visible Australian public intellectual from a non-Anglo-Australian background. In 2016, Aly won the most coveted prize in Australian television: The Gold Logie. He was voted the most popular celebrity on Australian television primarily on the basis of his role as the co-host of the news/entertainment panel show The Project. This article interrogates a selection of Aly’s notable media appearances with a focus on his role as …
Breaking bad
It is a Friday night at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), one of the world’s premier sporting stadiums. It is 24 May 2013 to be precise, and the football game in progress marks the beginning of t
Or 4 things I know about the audiovisual essay, or the pedagogical perils of constructive alignment
In general terms, this paper situates the audiovisual-essay within current debates about the institutional viability of practice based research and argues that the video-essay as a form can unsettle verities about the relationship between creative play and scholarly knowledge within the university. It also makes a case for adopting an expanded conception of writing informed by Jacques Derrida’s account of grammatology as an integral strategy for …
Art (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Media studies (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Literature (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · History (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · South Asian Cinema and Culture (4 works)