Dr Beth Johnson

Title: Lecturer
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Location: CBB 2.054
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Beth Johnson joined the School as a lecturer in Film, Visual Theory and English in 2009. Having completed her AHRC funded PhD at Lancaster University in 2008, her research interests and teaching specialisms include aesthetics, ocularcentrism, screening sexualities, realism, psychoanalysis, the ‘cult’ and the avant garde in European cinema. She currently teaches on and leads modules in various filmic areas across all degree levels.

Beth''s present research focuses on expressions of filmic extremism and televisual chaos. Beth is currently completing a monograph on the works of television auteur 'Paul Abbott' for Manchester University Press (forthcoming 2012) and co-editing a collection for Continuum Press entitled 'Television, Sex and Society: Analysing Contemporary Representations' (forthcoming 2012).

Selected Publications

  • JOHNSON BL. 2013. PAUL ABBOTT: The Television Series. Manchester: Manchester University Press. link>
  • Johnson BL. 2012. Shameless: Situating Sex Beyond the City. In Television, Sex and Society: Analyzing Contemporary Representations. Johnson B, Aston J, Glynn B (Eds.). London and New York: Continuum. link>
  • Johnson B. 2012. Shortbus: Highbrow Hard-core. In Hard to Swallow: Hard-core Pornography On Screen. Kerr D and Hines C (Eds.). London & New York: Wallflower. link>
  • JOHNSON B. JOHNSON B, GLYNN B, ASTON J (Eds.). 2012. Television, Sex and Society: Analyzing Contemporary Representations. (11 vols.). New York and London: Continuum Publishing Corporation. link>
  • Johnson B. 2011. Disavowing The Isle: Masochism and New Extremity. Asian Cinema Journal, vol. 22(1), 70-82. link> doi> link>

Full Publications List show

Books

  • Johnson BL and Featherstone M. 2014. Exploring the Carnographic: Sex, Violence and Extremism in Global Culture. Palgrave Macmillan. link> link>
  • JOHNSON BL. 2013. PAUL ABBOTT: The Television Series. Manchester: Manchester University Press. link>
  • JOHNSON B. JOHNSON B, GLYNN B, ASTON J (Eds.). 2012. Television, Sex and Society: Analyzing Contemporary Representations. (11 vols.). New York and London: Continuum Publishing Corporation. link>

Journal Articles

  • Johnson BL. 2013. Controversial Images: Media Representations on the Edge. Journal of American Studies of Turkey, . link> link>
  • Johnson B and Andrew J. 2013. Dead Man’s Shoes: Revealing the Subtext of the Lost Maternal. Journal of British Cinema & Television, vol. 10(4). link> link>
  • JOHNSON BL and Featherstone M. 2011. ‘Ovo Je Srbija’: The Horror of the National Thing in A Serbian Film. Journal of Cultural Research, vol. 16(1), 63-79. link> doi>
  • Johnson B. 2011. Disavowing The Isle: Masochism and New Extremity. Asian Cinema Journal, vol. 22(1), 70-82. link> doi> link>
  • Johnson BL and Blake C. 2011. Does the Porn Star Blush? Performing the Real in Post-Transgressive Cinema. Academic Quater, vol. 3, 194-212. link> link>
  • JOHNSON BL. 2010. Mainstreaming sex: the sexualization of Western culture. Journal of Gender Studies, vol. 19(2), 223-224. link> doi>
  • Johnson B. 2010. Screening Sex. Feminist Media Studies, vol. 10(1), 117-118. link> doi>
  • Johnson B. 2009. ‘Masochism and the Mother, Pedagogy and Perversion’. Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities, vol. 14:3(Shadows of Cruelty), 117-130. link> doi>
  • Johnson B. 2008. The New Pornographies: Explicit Sex in Recent French Fiction and Film * One for the Girls! The Pleasures and Practices of Reading Women's Porn’. Screen, vol. 49(4), 502-506. link> doi>
  • Johnson B. 2007. Turn it on... Lick it up. Revolvewire, vol. 1(1), 36-39. link>
  • Johnson BL. Film and Video Censorship in Modern Britain - Book Review. Crime Media Culture, vol. 3(8), 371-374. link> link>

Chapters

  • Johnson BL. 2014. Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll: Analysing Aesthetics, Performance and Pleasure in 9 Songs. In Sex and Storytelling in Modern Cinema: Explicit Sex, Performance and Cinematic Technique. (12 vols.). London: I.B.Tauris.
  • JOHNSON BL. 2013. The Age of Perversion: L’ennui, Erotic Combat and Intergenerational Existentialism. In Tainted Love: Screening Sexual Perversities. Peberdy D and Kerr D (Eds.). I.B.Tauris. link> link>
  • Johnson B. 2013. The Ethics of Intimacy: The Restless Body, Performance and Sexual Desire. In Film and Ethics: What Would You Have Done?. Miller J (Ed.). (vol. Eleven). Cambridge Scholars Press. link> link>
  • Johnson B. 2013. 'The Fantastic Style of 'Shameless''. In Television: Aesthetics and Style. Peacock S and Jacobs J (Eds.). Continuum. link>
  • Johnson B. 2012. Semblance and the Sexual Revolution: A Critical Review of Viva. In Peep Shows: Cult Film and the Cine-Erotic. Mendick X (Ed.). London & New York: Wallflower. link>
  • Johnson BL. 2012. Shameless: Situating Sex Beyond the City. In Television, Sex and Society: Analyzing Contemporary Representations. Johnson B, Aston J, Glynn B (Eds.). London and New York: Continuum. link>
  • Johnson B. 2012. Shortbus: Highbrow Hard-core. In Hard to Swallow: Hard-core Pornography On Screen. Kerr D and Hines C (Eds.). London & New York: Wallflower. link>
  • Johnson B. 2010. Sex, Psychoanalysis and Sublimation in 'Dexter'. In Dexter: Investigating Cutting Edge Television. Howard DL (Ed.). London and New York: I.B.Tauris. link>
  • Johnson B. 2009. Realism, Real Sex and the Experimental Film: Mediating Eroticism in Georges Bataille's 'Story of the Eye'. In Realism and the Audiovisual Media. Nagib L and Mello C (Eds.). London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. link> doi>

Other

  • Johnson BL. Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide (Expert 'talking head' in this documentary film about video nasties by Nucleus Films). DVDLondon.
  • Johnson BL. 2009. Dexter: Repression, Revelation and the Significance of Mommy. On-linelink>
  • Johnson B. 2009. Viva la Vita: Canapes, Cabaret and the Carnal. DVD Insertlink>
  • JOHNSON B and Blake C. DOES THE PORN STAR BLUSH: PERFORMING THE REAL IN POST-TRANSGRESSIVE CINEMA.
  • JOHNSON B. No Holes Barred: Sex, Semblance and Shortbus.
  • JOHNSON B. Perverting the Age-gap On-screen: Eroticism and adaptation.
  • Johnson BL. Shameless and Its Critics.
  • JOHNSON B. Situating Sexploitation Cinema: Viva la Vita.
  • JOHNSON B. The Age of Perversion: Boredom, Erotic Combat and Obsession.