Amy Boyle
Biographic Data
| ID | 4258869 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy Boyle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy |
| FAMILY NAME | Boyle |
| SIGNATURE | BOYLE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wollongong |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4977-1490 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Dossier
In the age of the Anthropocene, television can play a key role in shifting ideologies. However, achieving this is difficult when television continues to operate as a ‘site struggle’ – pulled between complex negotiations of capital and culture. If in the 20th century, scholars were interested in teasing out the value(s) of television to argue for its potential contribution to socio-cultural transformation, in the 21st century, questions of televis…
The New Audience for Old TV
Domestic Feminism”
Popularized by Hulu’s television adaptation, the allegories and iconography of The Handmaid’s Tale have been used in women’s reproductive rights activism around the world. However, at the same time, the series has been recognized and critiqued as offering white, conservative feminism. This article explores how Hulu’s adaptation often works to domesticate Margaret Atwood’s novel and the series’ feminist implications in regard to reproduction and m…
Perpetration, Victimhood, and Blame
Newspaper media plays a significant role in forming a public understanding of domestic violence. This article analyses 554 articles from 24 newspapers across Australian states and territories published between 2000 and 2020 that describe specific instances of domestic violence. It examines whether such violence is framed as a systemic issue or as a collection of individual events, as well as how such representations of perpetrators and victims di…
Fake Geek Girls
Review of: Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry , Suzanne Scott (2019) New York: New York University Press, 302 pp., ISBN 978-1-47987-957-1, p/bk, $30.00
Screening women’s trauma
This article examines the recent popularity of women-centric narratives of trauma for television, in order to explore the politics of screening women’s trauma. The first part of the article locates the shift towards women’s “trauma TV” at the intersections of “quality” and “complex” television, “popular trauma culture” and “popular feminism.” Following arguments that female trauma has become a mode of program differentiation in the post-network e…
They Should Have Never Given Us Uniforms If They Didn't Want Us to Be an Army
Even prior to its premier in April 2017, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale inspired a series of cosplay protests against antiabortion legislation at the Texas State Capitol. The red robes and white bonnets have since been popularized by the critically acclaimed series, and handmaid-style cosplay protests have continued transnationally, with the handmaid heralded as what the BBC calls “an international protest symbol” against heteropatriarchal oppression…
Screening women’s trauma
This article examines the recent popularity of women-centric narratives of trauma for television, in order to explore the politics of screening women’s trauma. The first part of the article locates the shift towards women’s “trauma TV” at the intersections of “quality” and “complex” television, “popular trauma culture” and “popular feminism.” Following arguments that female trauma has become a mode of program differentiation in the post-network e…
They Should Have Never Given Us Uniforms If They Didn't Want Us to Be an Army
Even prior to its premier in April 2017, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale inspired a series of cosplay protests against antiabortion legislation at the Texas State Capitol. The red robes and white bonnets have since been popularized by the critically acclaimed series, and handmaid-style cosplay protests have continued transnationally, with the handmaid heralded as what the BBC calls “an international protest symbol” against heteropatriarchal oppression…
They Should Have Never Given Us Uniforms If They Didn't Want Us to Be an Army
Even prior to its premier in April 2017, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale inspired a series of cosplay protests against antiabortion legislation at the Texas State Capitol. The red robes and white bonnets have since been popularized by the critically acclaimed series, and handmaid-style cosplay protests have continued transnationally, with the handmaid heralded as what the BBC calls “an international protest symbol” against heteropatriarchal oppression…
Fake Geek Girls
Review of: Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry , Suzanne Scott (2019) New York: New York University Press, 302 pp., ISBN 978-1-47987-957-1, p/bk, $30.00
Screening women’s trauma
This article examines the recent popularity of women-centric narratives of trauma for television, in order to explore the politics of screening women’s trauma. The first part of the article locates the shift towards women’s “trauma TV” at the intersections of “quality” and “complex” television, “popular trauma culture” and “popular feminism.” Following arguments that female trauma has become a mode of program differentiation in the post-network e…
Domestic Feminism”
Popularized by Hulu’s television adaptation, the allegories and iconography of The Handmaid’s Tale have been used in women’s reproductive rights activism around the world. However, at the same time, the series has been recognized and critiqued as offering white, conservative feminism. This article explores how Hulu’s adaptation often works to domesticate Margaret Atwood’s novel and the series’ feminist implications in regard to reproduction and m…
Perpetration, Victimhood, and Blame
Newspaper media plays a significant role in forming a public understanding of domestic violence. This article analyses 554 articles from 24 newspapers across Australian states and territories published between 2000 and 2020 that describe specific instances of domestic violence. It examines whether such violence is framed as a systemic issue or as a collection of individual events, as well as how such representations of perpetrators and victims di…
The New Audience for Old TV
Dossier
In the age of the Anthropocene, television can play a key role in shifting ideologies. However, achieving this is difficult when television continues to operate as a ‘site struggle’ – pulled between complex negotiations of capital and culture. If in the 20th century, scholars were interested in teasing out the value(s) of television to argue for its potential contribution to socio-cultural transformation, in the 21st century, questions of televis…
Sociology (6 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Feminism (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)