Trevor F Anthony
Biographic Data
| ID | 6365243 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Trevor F Anthony |
| GIVEN NAMES | Trevor F |
| FAMILY NAME | Anthony |
| SIGNATURE | ANTHONY T F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Claremont Graduate University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
On the level: A dramaturgical approach to the comics character
For decades, artists and theorists have written of the ‘performative’ nature of comics with the panel as a ‘stage,’ and the design process itself as ‘acting.’ The approaches vary from passing analogies to book-length efforts. While ‘acting’ gets a great deal of attention, its substrate, the dramatic character, has gone chronically undertheorized. This article develops a dramaturgical methodology of characterisation based on the work of the late E…
The Smithsonian Tackles Pop Culture
Two books accompany recent exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) that tackle the role of popular culture in the American national experience. While under the same Smithsonian roof, the two projects—one focused on the Disney theme parks and the second on American entertainment more broadly—differ dramatically in attitude and approach. As such, they offer fascinating case studies for public historia…
Busy Being Born
Chronicling the development of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s museal initiatives through the institution now known as the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP), this article explores the following questions: What happened when this philanthropist of great ambition and means sought to inspire others through the medium of the museum? What might the history of MoPOP tell us about contemporary issues in the museum? How does the saga of MoPOP challenge his…
More Human Than Human: The Exile in Blade Runner
What if a group of slaves murdered their overlords and returned home to find themselves targeted by a bounty hunter? What if the slaves were really bioengineered beings seeking not only emancipation but also extensions on their predetermined life spans? What if simulacrum might no longer be distinguished from human? Such are the basic questions that fuel the plot of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982), but this only scratches the surface. While th…
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More Human Than Human: The Exile in Blade Runner
What if a group of slaves murdered their overlords and returned home to find themselves targeted by a bounty hunter? What if the slaves were really bioengineered beings seeking not only emancipation but also extensions on their predetermined life spans? What if simulacrum might no longer be distinguished from human? Such are the basic questions that fuel the plot of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982), but this only scratches the surface. While th…
Busy Being Born
Chronicling the development of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s museal initiatives through the institution now known as the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP), this article explores the following questions: What happened when this philanthropist of great ambition and means sought to inspire others through the medium of the museum? What might the history of MoPOP tell us about contemporary issues in the museum? How does the saga of MoPOP challenge his…
On the level: A dramaturgical approach to the comics character
For decades, artists and theorists have written of the ‘performative’ nature of comics with the panel as a ‘stage,’ and the design process itself as ‘acting.’ The approaches vary from passing analogies to book-length efforts. While ‘acting’ gets a great deal of attention, its substrate, the dramatic character, has gone chronically undertheorized. This article develops a dramaturgical methodology of characterisation based on the work of the late E…
The Smithsonian Tackles Pop Culture
Two books accompany recent exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) that tackle the role of popular culture in the American national experience. While under the same Smithsonian roof, the two projects—one focused on the Disney theme parks and the second on American entertainment more broadly—differ dramatically in attitude and approach. As such, they offer fascinating case studies for public historia…
Art (4 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Art history (1 works)