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Hills, Matt. “Cutting Into Concepts of ‘Reflectionist’ Cinema? The Saw Franchise and Puzzles of Post-9/11 Horror.” In Horror After 9/11: World of Fear, Cinema of Terror, edited by Aviva Briefel and Sam J. Miller, 107-123. Austin: The University of Texas Press, 2011.

This essay, a chapter of the anthological work Horror After 9/11: World of Fear, Cinema of Terror, analyzes how torture films such as the Saw or Hostel franchises reflected the fears, views, and policies of post 9/11…

Jenzen, Olu, et al. “Music Videos as Protest Communication: The Gezi Park Protest on YouTube.” In The Aesthetics of Global Protest: Visual Culture and Communication, edited by Aidan McGarry et al., 211-232. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2020.

This article discusses how artists used music and music videos to create a counternarrative during Turkey’s 2013 Gezi Park protests. It analyzes the various tactics used by artists and filmmakers, such as mash-ups,…

Coon, Caroline. “The Clash and Musical Artistry: Against the Corporate Voice.” In Working for the Clampdown: The Clash, the Dawn of Neoliberalism and the Political Promise of Punk, edited by Colin Coulter, 52-68. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2019.

This article, originally a speech made by Caroline Coon, examines the power art has to influence popular opinion and politics. Taking 1970s British punk band The Clash as a case study, the article uses anecdotes to…