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Quiet Pictures: Women and Silence in Contemporary British and French Cinema (2024)
Book
Artt, S. (in press). Quiet Pictures: Women and Silence in Contemporary British and French Cinema. London: 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
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: 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). Heidelberg, Germany: 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. Leiden; Boston;: 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.

'Femme Publique':The brothel sex worker as anti-Flaneuse in the television series Maison Close. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
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..

Introducing video essays. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
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.

Silence, Melancholia and Science Fiction: Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin. (2014)
Presentation / Conference
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..

Entries on 'Lord Ruthven', 'The Vampire Lestat' and 'Dark Shadows'. (2013)
Book Chapter
Artt, S. (2013). Entries on 'Lord Ruthven', 'The Vampire Lestat' and 'Dark Shadows'. In J. Weinstock (Ed.), The Ashgate Encyclopaedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters. Ashgate Publishing

From vampires and demons to ghosts and zombies, interest in monsters in literature, film, and popular culture has never been stronger. This concise Encyclopedia provides scholars and students with a comprehensive and authoritative A-Z of monsters thr... Read More about Entries on 'Lord Ruthven', 'The Vampire Lestat' and 'Dark Shadows'..

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 CommunityPalgrave Macmillan

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

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..

Irony: adapting Jane Austen's Northaner Abbey. (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Artt, S. (2009, September). Irony: adapting Jane Austen's Northaner Abbey. Paper presented at 4th Annual Association of Adaptation Studies Conference, BFI, Southbank

Ambulant fetish: the exotic woman in Black Venus and Master. (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Artt, S. (2009, June). Ambulant fetish: the exotic woman in Black Venus and Master. Paper presented at Angela Carter: a critical exploration, University of Northampton & the Network for Modern Fiction Studies

Art of the past: adapting Henry James's The Golden Bowl. (2007)
Journal Article
Artt, S. (2007). Art of the past: adapting Henry James's The Golden Bowl. Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance, 1, 5-16. https://doi.org/10.1386/japf1.1.5/1

This article deals with James Ivory's screen adaptation of Henry James's novel The Golden Bowl. The analysis draws on the use of fine art motifs in the mise-en-scne and the use of symbolic art objects as a way of adapting and condensing James's textu... Read More about Art of the past: adapting Henry James's The Golden Bowl..