Richard Bramwell
Biographic Data
| ID | 668575 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Bramwell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Bramwell |
| SIGNATURE | BRAMWELL R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loughborough University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3411-5223 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Victim behaviour and trauma recovery: Representing black British femininity through fantasy in Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You
This paper examines the representation of trauma recovery in the television series I May Destroy You ( 2020 ). Research on rape in fictional television programmes overwhelmingly focus on rape myths or how rape is represented. There is scant research on recovery from rape trauma in television drama. This paper contributes to scholarship on rape in fictional television, through a focus on the process of trauma recovery. Michaela Coel’s portrayal of…
Beyond the street: The Institutional Life of Rap
This article draws on ethnographic fieldwork conducted over the course of one year in London and Bristol to examine the performance of rap in English youth centres. Youth centres play a significant role in supporting and shaping rap culture. However, historically dominant narratives within hip-hop studies and hip-hop culture depict rap as a vernacular cultural form that emerges from 'the street', and which derives its authenticity through its rel…
I feel English as fuck: Translocality and the Performance of Alternative Identities Through Rap
This article deploys the concept of translocality, in order to move beyond the transnational framework that underpins global hip hop studies. Over the last forty years rap music has become a vibrant and distinctive part of mainstream British life. Through rap young people construct identities that draw upon their local experiences while also connecting them with young people from other localities. These translocal identities affirm a multi-ethnic…
Freedom within bars: Maximum security prisoners’ negotiations of identity through rap
This paper examines the construction of prisoners’ identity through rap in England’s high security prisons. While hip hop studies has often addressed rap’s connection to the social practices of criminalized youths, prison rap cultures have received scant attention. This paper draws on a series of rap workshops and interviews with prisoners to investigate the experiences of black prisoners in high security prisons and how identities are produced a…
I feel English as fuck: Translocality and the Performance of Alternative Identities Through Rap
This article deploys the concept of translocality, in order to move beyond the transnational framework that underpins global hip hop studies. Over the last forty years rap music has become a vibrant and distinctive part of mainstream British life. Through rap young people construct identities that draw upon their local experiences while also connecting them with young people from other localities. These translocal identities affirm a multi-ethnic…
Beyond the street: The Institutional Life of Rap
This article draws on ethnographic fieldwork conducted over the course of one year in London and Bristol to examine the performance of rap in English youth centres. Youth centres play a significant role in supporting and shaping rap culture. However, historically dominant narratives within hip-hop studies and hip-hop culture depict rap as a vernacular cultural form that emerges from 'the street', and which derives its authenticity through its rel…
Freedom within bars: Maximum security prisoners’ negotiations of identity through rap
This paper examines the construction of prisoners’ identity through rap in England’s high security prisons. While hip hop studies has often addressed rap’s connection to the social practices of criminalized youths, prison rap cultures have received scant attention. This paper draws on a series of rap workshops and interviews with prisoners to investigate the experiences of black prisoners in high security prisons and how identities are produced a…
I feel English as fuck: Translocality and the Performance of Alternative Identities Through Rap
This article deploys the concept of translocality, in order to move beyond the transnational framework that underpins global hip hop studies. Over the last forty years rap music has become a vibrant and distinctive part of mainstream British life. Through rap young people construct identities that draw upon their local experiences while also connecting them with young people from other localities. These translocal identities affirm a multi-ethnic…
Beyond the street: The Institutional Life of Rap
This article draws on ethnographic fieldwork conducted over the course of one year in London and Bristol to examine the performance of rap in English youth centres. Youth centres play a significant role in supporting and shaping rap culture. However, historically dominant narratives within hip-hop studies and hip-hop culture depict rap as a vernacular cultural form that emerges from 'the street', and which derives its authenticity through its rel…
Victim behaviour and trauma recovery: Representing black British femininity through fantasy in Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You
This paper examines the representation of trauma recovery in the television series I May Destroy You ( 2020 ). Research on rape in fictional television programmes overwhelmingly focus on rape myths or how rape is represented. There is scant research on recovery from rape trauma in television drama. This paper contributes to scholarship on rape in fictional television, through a focus on the process of trauma recovery. Michaela Coel’s portrayal of…
Aesthetics (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Latin American and Latino Studies (2 works) · Literature (2 works)