Huw Nolan
Biographic Data
| ID | 9709332 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Huw Nolan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Huw |
| FAMILY NAME | Nolan |
| SIGNATURE | NOLAN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New England |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1712-8855 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Sport and popular culture
Sport is not a cultural epiphenomenon but a primary site of meaning‐production and social ordering. It is grammar through which power, affect, and identity are organised and contested. As spectacle, ritual, and narrative, sport condenses dispersed social logics into legible forms: the rule, the score, the body under discipline, the crowd under affect. Its ubiquity across media ecologies, commodity chains, and everyday talk signals not only popula…
From Breaking Bad to Pluribus
Introduction The multiverse has become one of the defining narrative logics of contemporary media culture. Across blockbuster franchises and transmedia franchises alike, multiplicity is imagined as spectacle: branching timelines, parallel realities, alternate versions of the same character colliding across fractured worlds. In this dominant model, difference is achieved through ontological rupture. Worlds are split so that variation can exist wit…
Mutating a Better Man
Introduction Michael Gracey's Better Man (2024) presents an innovative biographical representation of British pop star Robbie Williams through a radical visual strategy—depicting its subject as a CGI primate rather than through a human actor. Filmed in Australia and partially funded by the Australian Government, the film follows a relatively standard biopic narrative tracing Williams’s trajectory from his Stoke-on-Trent childhood through his tumu…
All the Pretty Noir Horses
Introduction The fusion of noir and Western elements in All the Pretty Horses (McCarthy) presents an anomalous hybrid, bridging the fatalism and existential despair of noir with the rugged individualism and pastoral decline of the Western. This relationship complicates traditional narrative boundaries, inviting readers to reconsider the archetypes and thematic constructs at play. Situated within a frontier grappling with industrial encroachment, …
Barbie
The story of Barbie is a tapestry woven with threads of cultural significance, societal shifts, and corporate narratives. It’s a tale that encapsulates the evolution of American post-war capitalism, mirroring the changing tides of social norms, aspirations, and identities. Barbie’s journey from Germany to Los Angeles, along the way becoming a global icon, is a testament to the power of Ruth Handler’s vision and Barbie’s marketing. Barbie embodies…
Don’t Say Neigh, Say Yay”
Introduction The television series The Great offers a sophisticated, satirical interpretation of Catherine the Great's rise to power in the Russian Empire. Set in the eighteenth-century aristocracy, it successfully blends historical facts with intentional anachronisms, showcasing Catherine’s evolution from a naïve outsider to a powerful, enlightened Empress. The series is notable for its sharp wit and deliberate anachronisms, transcending mere en…
Royalty and Its Representation in Popular Culture
Modern and historical royal families are a popular area of scholarly interest, with power and politics the centre of much research. Royalty is also a popular area of study in a range of other areas including gender, class, material culture, celebrity studies, consumption practices, and cinematic representations. Much of what we understand about royal families comes from mediated images, meaning we see a public version of kings and queens and thei…
James Bond, Gender Studies, and Popular Culture Pedagogy
The longevity and universality of the James Bond franchise posits its value as pedagogy to inform ideas about gender studies and critical thinking. This article is a case study of how Bondian representations of gender stereotypes and gender politics can provide insightful ways in which gender frames can be identified, interrogated, and contested. While the focus of this article is on gender, a number of consistent themes emerge in Bond films, suc…
The Clothes Maketh the Cult
Introduction Many people interpret the word ‘cult’ through specific connotations, including, but not limited to, a community of like-minded people on the edge of civilization, often led by a charismatic leader, with beliefs that are ‘other’ to societal ‘norms’. Cults are often perceived as deviant, regularly incorporating elements of crime, especially physical and sexual violence. The adoption by some cults of a special uniform or dress code has …
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James Bond, Gender Studies, and Popular Culture Pedagogy
The longevity and universality of the James Bond franchise posits its value as pedagogy to inform ideas about gender studies and critical thinking. This article is a case study of how Bondian representations of gender stereotypes and gender politics can provide insightful ways in which gender frames can be identified, interrogated, and contested. While the focus of this article is on gender, a number of consistent themes emerge in Bond films, suc…
The Clothes Maketh the Cult
Introduction Many people interpret the word ‘cult’ through specific connotations, including, but not limited to, a community of like-minded people on the edge of civilization, often led by a charismatic leader, with beliefs that are ‘other’ to societal ‘norms’. Cults are often perceived as deviant, regularly incorporating elements of crime, especially physical and sexual violence. The adoption by some cults of a special uniform or dress code has …
Barbie
The story of Barbie is a tapestry woven with threads of cultural significance, societal shifts, and corporate narratives. It’s a tale that encapsulates the evolution of American post-war capitalism, mirroring the changing tides of social norms, aspirations, and identities. Barbie’s journey from Germany to Los Angeles, along the way becoming a global icon, is a testament to the power of Ruth Handler’s vision and Barbie’s marketing. Barbie embodies…
Don’t Say Neigh, Say Yay”
Introduction The television series The Great offers a sophisticated, satirical interpretation of Catherine the Great's rise to power in the Russian Empire. Set in the eighteenth-century aristocracy, it successfully blends historical facts with intentional anachronisms, showcasing Catherine’s evolution from a naïve outsider to a powerful, enlightened Empress. The series is notable for its sharp wit and deliberate anachronisms, transcending mere en…
Royalty and Its Representation in Popular Culture
Modern and historical royal families are a popular area of scholarly interest, with power and politics the centre of much research. Royalty is also a popular area of study in a range of other areas including gender, class, material culture, celebrity studies, consumption practices, and cinematic representations. Much of what we understand about royal families comes from mediated images, meaning we see a public version of kings and queens and thei…
Mutating a Better Man
Introduction Michael Gracey's Better Man (2024) presents an innovative biographical representation of British pop star Robbie Williams through a radical visual strategy—depicting its subject as a CGI primate rather than through a human actor. Filmed in Australia and partially funded by the Australian Government, the film follows a relatively standard biopic narrative tracing Williams’s trajectory from his Stoke-on-Trent childhood through his tumu…
All the Pretty Noir Horses
Introduction The fusion of noir and Western elements in All the Pretty Horses (McCarthy) presents an anomalous hybrid, bridging the fatalism and existential despair of noir with the rugged individualism and pastoral decline of the Western. This relationship complicates traditional narrative boundaries, inviting readers to reconsider the archetypes and thematic constructs at play. Situated within a frontier grappling with industrial encroachment, …
Sport and popular culture
Sport is not a cultural epiphenomenon but a primary site of meaning‐production and social ordering. It is grammar through which power, affect, and identity are organised and contested. As spectacle, ritual, and narrative, sport condenses dispersed social logics into legible forms: the rule, the score, the body under discipline, the crowd under affect. Its ubiquity across media ecologies, commodity chains, and everyday talk signals not only popula…
From Breaking Bad to Pluribus
Introduction The multiverse has become one of the defining narrative logics of contemporary media culture. Across blockbuster franchises and transmedia franchises alike, multiplicity is imagined as spectacle: branching timelines, parallel realities, alternate versions of the same character colliding across fractured worlds. In this dominant model, difference is achieved through ontological rupture. Worlds are split so that variation can exist wit…
Computer Science (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works) · Popular culture (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)