Leslie Barron
Biographic Data
| ID | 656335 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leslie Barron |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leslie |
| FAMILY NAME | Barron |
| SIGNATURE | BARRON L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northumbria University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8011-1365 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Anti-sacred fashion: The use of profane performative costumes in the black metal music and performances of Nergal and Behemoth
This article examines the ways in which fashion and costume represent and communicate distinctive anti-authority sentiments and ideological positions and is based on a case study of the Polish black metal artist Adam Darski, otherwise known as Nergal. The article critically explores the ways in which costumes worn by Nergal are confrontational in terms of their subversion of religious garments, adornments and symbols as part of an artistic and po…
Celebrity habitus, confessional style: Self-reflective bodily instruction in Khloé Kardashian’s Strong Looks Better Naked
The article examines Khloé Kardashian’s self-help book Strong Looks Better Naked from the perspective of representing a celebrity-based inspirational guide that extols the values of exercise and healthy living and in terms of key tenets of the autobiography. In this context, the article argues that the book represents an in-depth example of Sean Redmond’s concept of the ‘celebrity confessional’ in that it uses self-reflective disclosures to conne…
The Creative Influence of History in Fashion Practice: The Legacy of the Silk Road and Chinese-Inspired Culture-Led Design
Drawing on work that examines the role of culture as the stimulus for design, the article explores the ways in which the legacy of China’s Silk Road, dating back 4,000 years ago, continues to provide inspiration for Chinese and Chinese-inspired fashion designers. In terms of substantive focus, the article applies the culture-led design research of Ritchie Moalosi and colleagues to the practice of fashion design. The article provides an overview o…
Latinx College Students: How Schemas and Attachments Impact Depression and Relationship Satisfaction
Latinx college students face challenges regarding depression. The relationships between early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and attachment style on depression and relationship satisfaction were investigated among 236 Latinx college student participants. The Young Schema Questionnaire–Short Form (YSQ-S3) total score was utilized to identify overall schema. Significant correlations were found. Overall schema, attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance, a…
The Return of the Celebrity Fashion Muse: Brand Endorsement, Creative Inspiration and Celebrity-Influenced Design Communication
This article examines the current prevalence of fashion designers working in association with celebrity “muses,” famous figures drawn from acting and popular music, who serve to front brand campaigns but also embody the identity of fashion houses and inspire designers. The article discusses the ancient origin of the Muse figure and explores the ways in which the muse principle was incorporated into fashion via the model, but subsequently included…
Pulling down barriers: Neil Peart, autobiographical confession and negotiated rock celebrity
This article examines the confessional (using Redmond’s conception of the celebrity confessional discourse) and autobiographical writing of the music celebrity Neil Peart, the drummer with the Canadian rock band Rush. Examining Peart’s now-extensive corpus of professionally-published writing, the article explores the perception of a subcultural celebrity’s self-reflective view of fame and fandom and how this celebrity status is renegotiated into …
The sound of street corner society: UK grime music as ethnography
This article explores the ways in which popular music can be linked to ethnography. While there is a tradition of connecting popular music with sociology, this article posits a further resonance that is not so much theoretical as methodological. The article suggests that forms of contemporary popular music parallel key facets of ethnography, not simply in terms of sociological analysis, but with regard to popular music as an ethnographic resource…
Living with the Virtual: Baudrillard, Integral Reality, andSecond Life
Employing Jean Baudrillard's concept of integral reality, as articulated within The intelligence of evil or the Lucidity Pact, and linking it with Tim Guest's journalistic/anthropological account of his experiences within Second Life, the article assesses the extent to which, in the era of immersive virtual worlds, Baudrillard retains a critical cultural currency. Expanding upon Baudrillard's identification of virtual reality as a key exemplar of…
An actress compelled to act: Angelina Jolie'sNotes from My Travelsas celebrity activist/travel narrative
This article examines the celebrity activist as cultural intermediary and as travel writer. The article is focused upon the American actress Angelina Jolie and her role with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (the UNHCR). It critically examines this aspect of her life in specific relation to diaries she kept in which she recorded her UNHCR experiences. These diaries were formally published in 2003 and were entitled Notes from My Travels: Visit…
The Habitus of Elizabeth Hurley: Celebrity, Fashion, and Identity Branding
This article is focused on the manner in which Elizabeth Hurley's career is now centrally located within the world of fashion; not merely as a model advertising the wares of other producers, but as a designer creating and advertising her own “look.” The article explores the ways in which she represents a potent contemporary purveyor of a specific “habitus” via her own clothing range and accessories: Elizabeth Hurley Beach, launched in 2005. The a…
Elizabeth Hurley Is More Than a Model”: Stars and Career Diversification in Contemporary Media
Developing Independence: The experience of the Lawnmowers Theatre Company
This paper describes an action research project in which the Lawnmowers Theatre Company (a company of performers with learning disabilities) mounted drama clubs and a series of night clubs for people with learning disabilities. The objective of the project was to demonstrate that initiatives involving what might loosely be called 'drama' offer important opportunities for adult education and that night clubs for people with learning disabilities c…
The sound of street corner society: UK grime music as ethnography
This article explores the ways in which popular music can be linked to ethnography. While there is a tradition of connecting popular music with sociology, this article posits a further resonance that is not so much theoretical as methodological. The article suggests that forms of contemporary popular music parallel key facets of ethnography, not simply in terms of sociological analysis, but with regard to popular music as an ethnographic resource…
Developing Independence: The experience of the Lawnmowers Theatre Company
This paper describes an action research project in which the Lawnmowers Theatre Company (a company of performers with learning disabilities) mounted drama clubs and a series of night clubs for people with learning disabilities. The objective of the project was to demonstrate that initiatives involving what might loosely be called 'drama' offer important opportunities for adult education and that night clubs for people with learning disabilities c…
An actress compelled to act: Angelina Jolie'sNotes from My Travelsas celebrity activist/travel narrative
This article examines the celebrity activist as cultural intermediary and as travel writer. The article is focused upon the American actress Angelina Jolie and her role with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (the UNHCR). It critically examines this aspect of her life in specific relation to diaries she kept in which she recorded her UNHCR experiences. These diaries were formally published in 2003 and were entitled Notes from My Travels: Visit…
Elizabeth Hurley Is More Than a Model”: Stars and Career Diversification in Contemporary Media
Latinx College Students: How Schemas and Attachments Impact Depression and Relationship Satisfaction
Latinx college students face challenges regarding depression. The relationships between early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and attachment style on depression and relationship satisfaction were investigated among 236 Latinx college student participants. The Young Schema Questionnaire–Short Form (YSQ-S3) total score was utilized to identify overall schema. Significant correlations were found. Overall schema, attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance, a…
Living with the Virtual: Baudrillard, Integral Reality, andSecond Life
Employing Jean Baudrillard's concept of integral reality, as articulated within The intelligence of evil or the Lucidity Pact, and linking it with Tim Guest's journalistic/anthropological account of his experiences within Second Life, the article assesses the extent to which, in the era of immersive virtual worlds, Baudrillard retains a critical cultural currency. Expanding upon Baudrillard's identification of virtual reality as a key exemplar of…
Developing Independence: The experience of the Lawnmowers Theatre Company
This paper describes an action research project in which the Lawnmowers Theatre Company (a company of performers with learning disabilities) mounted drama clubs and a series of night clubs for people with learning disabilities. The objective of the project was to demonstrate that initiatives involving what might loosely be called 'drama' offer important opportunities for adult education and that night clubs for people with learning disabilities c…
Elizabeth Hurley Is More Than a Model”: Stars and Career Diversification in Contemporary Media
The Habitus of Elizabeth Hurley: Celebrity, Fashion, and Identity Branding
This article is focused on the manner in which Elizabeth Hurley's career is now centrally located within the world of fashion; not merely as a model advertising the wares of other producers, but as a designer creating and advertising her own “look.” The article explores the ways in which she represents a potent contemporary purveyor of a specific “habitus” via her own clothing range and accessories: Elizabeth Hurley Beach, launched in 2005. The a…
An actress compelled to act: Angelina Jolie'sNotes from My Travelsas celebrity activist/travel narrative
This article examines the celebrity activist as cultural intermediary and as travel writer. The article is focused upon the American actress Angelina Jolie and her role with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (the UNHCR). It critically examines this aspect of her life in specific relation to diaries she kept in which she recorded her UNHCR experiences. These diaries were formally published in 2003 and were entitled Notes from My Travels: Visit…
Living with the Virtual: Baudrillard, Integral Reality, andSecond Life
Employing Jean Baudrillard's concept of integral reality, as articulated within The intelligence of evil or the Lucidity Pact, and linking it with Tim Guest's journalistic/anthropological account of his experiences within Second Life, the article assesses the extent to which, in the era of immersive virtual worlds, Baudrillard retains a critical cultural currency. Expanding upon Baudrillard's identification of virtual reality as a key exemplar of…
The sound of street corner society: UK grime music as ethnography
This article explores the ways in which popular music can be linked to ethnography. While there is a tradition of connecting popular music with sociology, this article posits a further resonance that is not so much theoretical as methodological. The article suggests that forms of contemporary popular music parallel key facets of ethnography, not simply in terms of sociological analysis, but with regard to popular music as an ethnographic resource…
Pulling down barriers: Neil Peart, autobiographical confession and negotiated rock celebrity
This article examines the confessional (using Redmond’s conception of the celebrity confessional discourse) and autobiographical writing of the music celebrity Neil Peart, the drummer with the Canadian rock band Rush. Examining Peart’s now-extensive corpus of professionally-published writing, the article explores the perception of a subcultural celebrity’s self-reflective view of fame and fandom and how this celebrity status is renegotiated into …
The Return of the Celebrity Fashion Muse: Brand Endorsement, Creative Inspiration and Celebrity-Influenced Design Communication
This article examines the current prevalence of fashion designers working in association with celebrity “muses,” famous figures drawn from acting and popular music, who serve to front brand campaigns but also embody the identity of fashion houses and inspire designers. The article discusses the ancient origin of the Muse figure and explores the ways in which the muse principle was incorporated into fashion via the model, but subsequently included…
Latinx College Students: How Schemas and Attachments Impact Depression and Relationship Satisfaction
Latinx college students face challenges regarding depression. The relationships between early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and attachment style on depression and relationship satisfaction were investigated among 236 Latinx college student participants. The Young Schema Questionnaire–Short Form (YSQ-S3) total score was utilized to identify overall schema. Significant correlations were found. Overall schema, attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance, a…
Celebrity habitus, confessional style: Self-reflective bodily instruction in Khloé Kardashian’s Strong Looks Better Naked
The article examines Khloé Kardashian’s self-help book Strong Looks Better Naked from the perspective of representing a celebrity-based inspirational guide that extols the values of exercise and healthy living and in terms of key tenets of the autobiography. In this context, the article argues that the book represents an in-depth example of Sean Redmond’s concept of the ‘celebrity confessional’ in that it uses self-reflective disclosures to conne…
The Creative Influence of History in Fashion Practice: The Legacy of the Silk Road and Chinese-Inspired Culture-Led Design
Drawing on work that examines the role of culture as the stimulus for design, the article explores the ways in which the legacy of China’s Silk Road, dating back 4,000 years ago, continues to provide inspiration for Chinese and Chinese-inspired fashion designers. In terms of substantive focus, the article applies the culture-led design research of Ritchie Moalosi and colleagues to the practice of fashion design. The article provides an overview o…
Anti-sacred fashion: The use of profane performative costumes in the black metal music and performances of Nergal and Behemoth
This article examines the ways in which fashion and costume represent and communicate distinctive anti-authority sentiments and ideological positions and is based on a case study of the Polish black metal artist Adam Darski, otherwise known as Nergal. The article critically explores the ways in which costumes worn by Nergal are confrontational in terms of their subversion of religious garments, adornments and symbols as part of an artistic and po…
Art (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Aesthetics (7 works) · Media studies (6 works) · Visual arts (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles (4 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works)