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'Femme Publique':The brothel sex worker as anti-Flaneuse in the television series Maison Close. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Artt, S. (2015, July). 'Femme Publique':The brothel sex worker as anti-Flaneuse in the television series Maison Close. Paper presented at Tranforming Cities

Maison Close offers us the sex worker as anti-flâneuse, a woman whose movement is thoroughly circumscribed by the walls of the brothel and yet is defined by her license as a 'public woman' whose movements and dress are highly codified by 19th century... Read More about 'Femme Publique':The brothel sex worker as anti-Flaneuse in the television series Maison Close..

Silence, Melancholia and Science Fiction: Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Artt, S. (2014, August). Silence, Melancholia and Science Fiction: Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin. Paper presented at Becoming Scotland

In 'On the Melancholic Imaginary' Julia Kristeva notes that epochs of crisis are especially prone to black humour and melancholy: "In times of crisis... melancholy imposes itself, lays down its archaeology, produces its representations and its knowle... Read More about Silence, Melancholia and Science Fiction: Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin..