Faculty Member, Gender and Cultural Studies
About
I taught at universities in Thailand (Prince of Songkla), the UK (Lincoln) and Australia (Queensland) before joining Sydney.
My research interests primarily revolve around the intersections between culture and economy. Topics I've researched include alternative cultural markets (New Age), tourism, online gift/commercial economies, the mediation of consumption and labour (makeovers, lifestyle and talent TV), binge drinking (just theoretical ;-), and performance evaluation regimes.
Current projects concern the financialisation of everyday life (with Fiona Allon), and comedy and person value. I presented on both topics at Crossroads 2010 in Hong Kong www.crossroads2010.org/ I recently co-authored an article about Ladette to Lady with Rebecca Brown.
I am coordinator of postgraduate coursework for the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies at Sydney. http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/gcs/postgraduate/
Contact Information
| Homepage: | http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/gcs/staff/prof |
| Address: | School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia |









