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Quiet Pictures: Women and Silence in Contemporary British and French Cinema (2024)
Book
Artt, S. (2024). Quiet Pictures: Women and Silence in Contemporary British and French Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing

Quiet Pictures approaches the films of Joanna Hogg, Lynne Ramsay, Céline Sciamma, and Lucile Hadžhalilovicthrough the lens of silence as a motif and texture.

This book takes up the question of different uses of silence in the work of these directo... Read More about Quiet Pictures: Women and Silence in Contemporary British and French Cinema.

Step on Me Charlotte Rampling or on Arrakis No One Can Hear You Orgasm (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Artt, S. (2022, June). Step on Me Charlotte Rampling or on Arrakis No One Can Hear You Orgasm. Paper presented at Association of Adaptation Studies annual conference, University of Lisbon, Portugal

In Dune (Denis Villeneuve, 2021), the much-anticipated adaptation of the Frank Herbert series, Charlotte Rampling briefly appears as Mother Helen Mohiam, high priestess of the Bene Gesserit. Veiled in an elaborate costume, it is Rampling’s voice that... Read More about Step on Me Charlotte Rampling or on Arrakis No One Can Hear You Orgasm.

Why we do not adapt Jean Rhys (2020)
Book Chapter
Artt, S. (2020). Why we do not adapt Jean Rhys. In M. Stewart, & R. Munro (Eds.), Intercultural Screen Adaptation: British and Global Case Studies. Edinburgh University Press

Abstract not available.

‘An otherness that cannot be sublimated’: Shades of Frankenstein in Penny Dreadful and Black Mirror (2018)
Journal Article
Artt, S. (2018). ‘An otherness that cannot be sublimated’: Shades of Frankenstein in Penny Dreadful and Black Mirror. Science Fiction Film and Television, 11(2), 257-275. https://doi.org/10.3828/sfftv.2018.18

This article traces some of the legacies of the Frankenstein narrative as it appears in the television series Penny Dreadful and Black Mirror. Both series deploy Frankenstein themes to explore the relationship between gender and technology. Drawing o... Read More about ‘An otherness that cannot be sublimated’: Shades of Frankenstein in Penny Dreadful and Black Mirror.

'Femme Publique':The brothel sex worker as anti-Flaneuse in the television series Maison Close. (2018)
Book Chapter
Artt, S. (2018). 'Femme Publique':The brothel sex worker as anti-Flaneuse in the television series Maison Close. In M. Pietrzak-Franger, N. Pleßke, & E. Voigts (Eds.), Transforming Cities (91-106). Universitätsverlag Winter

The figure of the prostitute has long been associated with the city and although prostitution may take place anywhere, the connection between female prostitution and the city remains prevalent across literature, film, television and fine art. The pro... Read More about 'Femme Publique':The brothel sex worker as anti-Flaneuse in the television series Maison Close..

The Postfeminist Tart: Neo-Victorian Villainy and Sex Work in Ripper Street (2017)
Book Chapter
Artt, S. (2017). The Postfeminist Tart: Neo-Victorian Villainy and Sex Work in Ripper Street. In B. Poore (Ed.), Neo-Victorian Villains: adaptations and transformations in popular culture. Brill Academic Publishers

This chapter examines the trajectory of Rose, the recurring victim-heroine of Ripper Street and the villains that define her. Ripper Street appears initially as an example of 'watching for defilement' but gradually reveals its willingness to offer up... Read More about The Postfeminist Tart: Neo-Victorian Villainy and Sex Work in Ripper Street.

Introducing video essays. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Schwan, A., Artt, S., & Joyce, L. (2015, June). Introducing video essays. Paper presented at Assessment and Feedback: where are we now and where are we going?, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh

No abstract available.

Review of 'The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen': (2013)
Book Chapter
Artt, S., Longden, K., McCabe, J., Formica, S., Tucker, P., & Wyver, J. (2013). Review of 'The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen':. In L. Raw, & R. G. Dryden (Eds.), Global Jane Austen; Pleasure, Passion, and Possessiveness in the Jane Austen Community. Palgrave Macmillan

The Steampunk Detective: Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Artt, S. (2012, June). The Steampunk Detective: Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock. Paper presented at Neo-Victorian Networks: Epistemologies, Aesthetics and Ethics

This paper will examine the recent refashioning of Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous creation as steampunk action hero in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes(2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), and alternatively as obssessive compulsive odd... Read More about The Steampunk Detective: Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock..