Jonathan Stubbs
Biographic Data
| ID | 3766358 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Stubbs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Stubbs |
| SIGNATURE | STUBBS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cyprus International University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2454-5676 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Inspired by Actual Events
This article examines the evolution of disclaimer statements in Hollywood films from 1930 to 2018, with particular focus on the historical film, tracing their use as both specialised legal precautions and routine paratextual elements. Through an analysis of 386 films, using both random and purposive sampling methods, the study traces the emergence of disclaimer statements in 1936, following a lawsuit against Rasputin and the Empress (1932), and t…
Acts of enclosure
This article examines how historical narratives in contemporary film and television have become subject to new forms of privatization. Drawing an analogy with the enclosure movement that converted common agricultural land into private property in early modern Europe, the article argues that media corporations and powerful individuals use legal frameworks to restrict access to historical narratives, effectively converting shared cultural material …
States of Emergency, Popular Culture and the Aftermaths of Colonial Violence in «The Private Right» (1966)
This article examines the 1966 film The Private Right, written and directed by Michael Papas, as a case study for understanding the representation and circulation of colonial violence in British popular culture. Drawing on Arjun Appadurai’s work on global cultural flows, particularly what he terms “mediascapes,” the film is situated within the broader context of British cultural productions addressing the Cyprus Emergency (1955-1959) and other la…
Women’s voices and the representation of Africa in the BBC documentary Sex for Grades
This study examines the representation of women and Africa in the BBC Africa Eye documentary Sex for Grades , which centres on the issue of sexual harassment in African universities. Using a critical discourse analysis approach, the article evaluates how the women depicted are given voice and agency within an African context. The findings reveal that while Sex for Grades occasionally depicts victims of abuse in simplistic terms, it also portrays …
Futures past and present
This article examines the temporality of recent science fiction films, specifically the ways in which architectural histories are used to imagine and characterise dystopias of the future. Drawing on the writing of Fredric Jameson and particularly on François Hartog’s analysis of ‘presentism’ in historical discourse, the article proposes that the dystopias shown in many recent science fiction films provide visions of the future which have been dec…
Crisis Reporting and Professionalism in Journalism
This study examines the dynamics of journalistic professionalism in crisis reporting in Nigeria and Cameroon: countries which have experienced sustained violent secessionist crises since 2015 and 2016 respectively. These crises have led to new approaches to crisis reporting, in which local journalists cover events amid severe violence and the strong nationalist ideologies typical of secessionist movements. Using an innovative mixed method that co…
Spaces of cinema in rural Cyprus
Ripped from the Headlines
The relationship between journalism and the film industry has been widely discussed, but the process of adapting journalism for the screen has not previously been analysed in detail. This article traces the intensification of Hollywood films adapted from longform journalism in US newspapers and magazines between 2010 and 2019 and examines how journalism has come to be traded and processed as a form of intellectual property. The corporatisation of…
Journalism and secessionism
This article examines journalism in Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis as a reflection of the broader dynamics of ongoing secessionist conflicts in Africa. Using the evolving rhetorical approach to media framing, the study analyses articles from one state-owned and one privately-owned newspaper in Cameroon to determine the thematic framing of the crisis with respect to the national media divide. The study also examines the level of importance given to …
Unproductive Co-production
The negotiation of bilateral co-production agreements had a major impact on European film-making from the 1950s to the 1970s. These agreements also provided the basis for the closer integration of Europe's film industries within what was then the European Economic Community (EEC). However, the British government was slow to adopt co-production arrangements and British film-makers tended to be more reticent about using them once they were made ava…
A Common Market for film
This article examines the formulation and impact of British film policy concerning the unification of European film industries from the immediate post-war era to the end of the 1970s. It focuses on the activities of the Board of Trade, which was instrumental in determining British policy responses to integrationist film movements in Europe as well as the broader process of European unification. Various schemes to pool filmmaking resources and rem…
Visualizing Empire
This article examines the ways in which the British colonial government used cinema to represent Cyprus to audiences in Britain during the 1920s and early 1930s. The primary focus is the troubled production and exhibition history of the 1929 film Cyprus, but the article also considers the earlier production Cyprus Cinematograph Film (1924), plus two later sound films derived from material in the Cyprus film: Almost Arcady (1930) and A Mediterrane…
Conflict, Community and the 'National' Audience
Drawing on oral history interviews, contemporary newspaper sources and the archives of the British colonial administration, this article examines the experiences of the Turkish Cypriot cinema audience in Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus, during the 1950s. This period was marked by rising anti-colonial and intercommunal conflict, but film exhibition nevertheless flourished and the cinema played a substantial role in the social, economic and pol…
Hollywood Math and Aftermath
"Hollywood Math and Aftermath: The Economic Image and the Digital Recession." Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 39(2), pp. 420–421
Making Headlines in a State of Emergency
The final years of British rule in Cyprus were marked by the colonial government’s use of authoritarian measures to impose control over the local press. The most problematic publication during the 1955–60 period was the Times of Cyprus, an English-language newspaper edited and owned by experienced British journalist Charles Foley. This article examines the fraught relationship between Foley’s newspaper and the colonial government against a backdr…
Did you ever notice this dot in the Mediterranean?’ Colonial Cyprus in the post-war British documentary
This article examines British documentary films about Cyprus during the British colonial era, primarily the post-war period. Produced against a background of political upheaval, these documentaries reflect a highly fluid relationship between colony and metropolis. An initial sequence of travelogues was followed by several documentaries which promoted the apparent success of British development projects on the island, positioning it as a showcase …
Newspapers, Nationalism And Empire
This article examines the development of an indigenous Turkish language press in Cyprus during the British colonial period (1878–1960). It argues that Turkish Cypriot newspapers were highly influential in the propagation of ethno-nationalist ideology, endorsing separate Greek and Turkish communal identities on the island and promoting ethnic attachments to the neighbouring Turkish Republic. The development of Turkish Cypriot newspapers was also s…
The Biopic in Contemporary Film Culture
Since its rise to prominence in the Classical Hollywood era, the biopic has been associated with simplistic, top–down historical narratives centred on the edifying experiences of exemplary men. As
Hollywood's Middle Ages
This article examines the development of Hollywood representations of medieval Britain in Ivanhoe (1952) and Knights of the Round Table (1953). Both films were initially developed in the mid 1930s before being postponed on the eve of war, revised by new producers, and put into production in the early 1950s. Drawing on archived screenplays, this article shows that the films were drafted and redrafted across three decades in response to shifting po…
Blocked’ currency, runaway production in britain and captain horatio hornblower (1951)
The Bottom Rung of America's Race Ladder
Jonathan K. Stubbs, The Bottom Rung of America's Race Ladder: After the September 11 Catastrophe Are American Muslims Becoming America's New N .... s?, Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. 19, No. 1 (2003 - 2004), pp. 115-151
The Biopic in Contemporary Film Culture
Since its rise to prominence in the Classical Hollywood era, the biopic has been associated with simplistic, top–down historical narratives centred on the edifying experiences of exemplary men. As
Journalism and secessionism
This article examines journalism in Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis as a reflection of the broader dynamics of ongoing secessionist conflicts in Africa. Using the evolving rhetorical approach to media framing, the study analyses articles from one state-owned and one privately-owned newspaper in Cameroon to determine the thematic framing of the crisis with respect to the national media divide. The study also examines the level of importance given to …
Newspapers, Nationalism And Empire
This article examines the development of an indigenous Turkish language press in Cyprus during the British colonial period (1878–1960). It argues that Turkish Cypriot newspapers were highly influential in the propagation of ethno-nationalist ideology, endorsing separate Greek and Turkish communal identities on the island and promoting ethnic attachments to the neighbouring Turkish Republic. The development of Turkish Cypriot newspapers was also s…
Ripped from the Headlines
The relationship between journalism and the film industry has been widely discussed, but the process of adapting journalism for the screen has not previously been analysed in detail. This article traces the intensification of Hollywood films adapted from longform journalism in US newspapers and magazines between 2010 and 2019 and examines how journalism has come to be traded and processed as a form of intellectual property. The corporatisation of…
A Common Market for film
This article examines the formulation and impact of British film policy concerning the unification of European film industries from the immediate post-war era to the end of the 1970s. It focuses on the activities of the Board of Trade, which was instrumental in determining British policy responses to integrationist film movements in Europe as well as the broader process of European unification. Various schemes to pool filmmaking resources and rem…
Conflict, Community and the 'National' Audience
Drawing on oral history interviews, contemporary newspaper sources and the archives of the British colonial administration, this article examines the experiences of the Turkish Cypriot cinema audience in Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus, during the 1950s. This period was marked by rising anti-colonial and intercommunal conflict, but film exhibition nevertheless flourished and the cinema played a substantial role in the social, economic and pol…
Hollywood's Middle Ages
This article examines the development of Hollywood representations of medieval Britain in Ivanhoe (1952) and Knights of the Round Table (1953). Both films were initially developed in the mid 1930s before being postponed on the eve of war, revised by new producers, and put into production in the early 1950s. Drawing on archived screenplays, this article shows that the films were drafted and redrafted across three decades in response to shifting po…
The Bottom Rung of America's Race Ladder
Jonathan K. Stubbs, The Bottom Rung of America's Race Ladder: After the September 11 Catastrophe Are American Muslims Becoming America's New N .... s?, Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. 19, No. 1 (2003 - 2004), pp. 115-151
Blocked’ currency, runaway production in britain and captain horatio hornblower (1951)
Hollywood's Middle Ages
This article examines the development of Hollywood representations of medieval Britain in Ivanhoe (1952) and Knights of the Round Table (1953). Both films were initially developed in the mid 1930s before being postponed on the eve of war, revised by new producers, and put into production in the early 1950s. Drawing on archived screenplays, this article shows that the films were drafted and redrafted across three decades in response to shifting po…
Newspapers, Nationalism And Empire
This article examines the development of an indigenous Turkish language press in Cyprus during the British colonial period (1878–1960). It argues that Turkish Cypriot newspapers were highly influential in the propagation of ethno-nationalist ideology, endorsing separate Greek and Turkish communal identities on the island and promoting ethnic attachments to the neighbouring Turkish Republic. The development of Turkish Cypriot newspapers was also s…
The Biopic in Contemporary Film Culture
Since its rise to prominence in the Classical Hollywood era, the biopic has been associated with simplistic, top–down historical narratives centred on the edifying experiences of exemplary men. As
Did you ever notice this dot in the Mediterranean?’ Colonial Cyprus in the post-war British documentary
This article examines British documentary films about Cyprus during the British colonial era, primarily the post-war period. Produced against a background of political upheaval, these documentaries reflect a highly fluid relationship between colony and metropolis. An initial sequence of travelogues was followed by several documentaries which promoted the apparent success of British development projects on the island, positioning it as a showcase …
Making Headlines in a State of Emergency
The final years of British rule in Cyprus were marked by the colonial government’s use of authoritarian measures to impose control over the local press. The most problematic publication during the 1955–60 period was the Times of Cyprus, an English-language newspaper edited and owned by experienced British journalist Charles Foley. This article examines the fraught relationship between Foley’s newspaper and the colonial government against a backdr…
Hollywood Math and Aftermath
"Hollywood Math and Aftermath: The Economic Image and the Digital Recession." Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 39(2), pp. 420–421
Visualizing Empire
This article examines the ways in which the British colonial government used cinema to represent Cyprus to audiences in Britain during the 1920s and early 1930s. The primary focus is the troubled production and exhibition history of the 1929 film Cyprus, but the article also considers the earlier production Cyprus Cinematograph Film (1924), plus two later sound films derived from material in the Cyprus film: Almost Arcady (1930) and A Mediterrane…
Conflict, Community and the 'National' Audience
Drawing on oral history interviews, contemporary newspaper sources and the archives of the British colonial administration, this article examines the experiences of the Turkish Cypriot cinema audience in Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus, during the 1950s. This period was marked by rising anti-colonial and intercommunal conflict, but film exhibition nevertheless flourished and the cinema played a substantial role in the social, economic and pol…
Unproductive Co-production
The negotiation of bilateral co-production agreements had a major impact on European film-making from the 1950s to the 1970s. These agreements also provided the basis for the closer integration of Europe's film industries within what was then the European Economic Community (EEC). However, the British government was slow to adopt co-production arrangements and British film-makers tended to be more reticent about using them once they were made ava…
A Common Market for film
This article examines the formulation and impact of British film policy concerning the unification of European film industries from the immediate post-war era to the end of the 1970s. It focuses on the activities of the Board of Trade, which was instrumental in determining British policy responses to integrationist film movements in Europe as well as the broader process of European unification. Various schemes to pool filmmaking resources and rem…
Ripped from the Headlines
The relationship between journalism and the film industry has been widely discussed, but the process of adapting journalism for the screen has not previously been analysed in detail. This article traces the intensification of Hollywood films adapted from longform journalism in US newspapers and magazines between 2010 and 2019 and examines how journalism has come to be traded and processed as a form of intellectual property. The corporatisation of…
Journalism and secessionism
This article examines journalism in Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis as a reflection of the broader dynamics of ongoing secessionist conflicts in Africa. Using the evolving rhetorical approach to media framing, the study analyses articles from one state-owned and one privately-owned newspaper in Cameroon to determine the thematic framing of the crisis with respect to the national media divide. The study also examines the level of importance given to …
Futures past and present
This article examines the temporality of recent science fiction films, specifically the ways in which architectural histories are used to imagine and characterise dystopias of the future. Drawing on the writing of Fredric Jameson and particularly on François Hartog’s analysis of ‘presentism’ in historical discourse, the article proposes that the dystopias shown in many recent science fiction films provide visions of the future which have been dec…
Crisis Reporting and Professionalism in Journalism
This study examines the dynamics of journalistic professionalism in crisis reporting in Nigeria and Cameroon: countries which have experienced sustained violent secessionist crises since 2015 and 2016 respectively. These crises have led to new approaches to crisis reporting, in which local journalists cover events amid severe violence and the strong nationalist ideologies typical of secessionist movements. Using an innovative mixed method that co…
Spaces of cinema in rural Cyprus
States of Emergency, Popular Culture and the Aftermaths of Colonial Violence in «The Private Right» (1966)
This article examines the 1966 film The Private Right, written and directed by Michael Papas, as a case study for understanding the representation and circulation of colonial violence in British popular culture. Drawing on Arjun Appadurai’s work on global cultural flows, particularly what he terms “mediascapes,” the film is situated within the broader context of British cultural productions addressing the Cyprus Emergency (1955-1959) and other la…
Women’s voices and the representation of Africa in the BBC documentary Sex for Grades
This study examines the representation of women and Africa in the BBC Africa Eye documentary Sex for Grades , which centres on the issue of sexual harassment in African universities. Using a critical discourse analysis approach, the article evaluates how the women depicted are given voice and agency within an African context. The findings reveal that while Sex for Grades occasionally depicts victims of abuse in simplistic terms, it also portrays …
Inspired by Actual Events
This article examines the evolution of disclaimer statements in Hollywood films from 1930 to 2018, with particular focus on the historical film, tracing their use as both specialised legal precautions and routine paratextual elements. Through an analysis of 386 films, using both random and purposive sampling methods, the study traces the emergence of disclaimer statements in 1936, following a lawsuit against Rasputin and the Empress (1932), and t…
Acts of enclosure
This article examines how historical narratives in contemporary film and television have become subject to new forms of privatization. Drawing an analogy with the enclosure movement that converted common agricultural land into private property in early modern Europe, the article argues that media corporations and powerful individuals use legal frameworks to restrict access to historical narratives, effectively converting shared cultural material …
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