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Dr Erin Jean Harrington

Contact

Department: School of Humanities and Creative Arts ; English

Email: erin.harrington@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3694403

Office: Karl Popper 608

Language: English

About
Research / Creative works
Supervision
Networks
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Fields of Research

  • Horror studies
  • Film, especially genre, cult, and feminist film studies
  • Gender, sexuality and embodiment
  • Theatre criticism and dramaturgy
  • Continental philosophy and film philosophy
  • Aesthetics

Researcher Summary

My core research deals with post-1960s horror cinema. I am most interested in philosophical, aesthetic and theoretical approaches to horror, as well as feminist and queer philosophies of space, subjectivity and embodiment. I particularly welcome requests for postgraduate supervision in these areas. My book "Women, Monstrosity and Horror Film: Gynaehorror", was published by Routledge as part of their Film Philosophy on the Margins series. Some current works in progress include an exploration of the function of digital paratexts in Kiwi horror, and a long-term project exploring diverse ways of considering bodies / spaces / ecologies / temporality in horror and related areas.

I am broadly interested in wide range of approaches to culture, especially the 'everyday', including digital culture, spectatorship,  science and technology, issues of taste and consumption, camp and queerness, and so-called 'low' culture.

I am also active in the arts community. I am a prolific arts and cultural critic, I create and participate in performance work, and I appear regularly as a panelist, speaker and adjudicator. I am very happy to be contacted about school / outreach visits or speaking engagements. I am also proud to sit on the board of WORD Christchurch.

I currently teach into the following courses: ENGL103 The Outsider;  ENGL132/CULT132 Reading Culture; ENGL213/CINE224 Childrens' Classics: Popular Children's Texts and their Representation on Film; CINE225 The Cinema of Contagion; ENGL232 Cultural Politics / Cultural Activism; and ENGL332/CULT303 Sexualities in Culture. I have previously taught courses on sex and sexuality in cinema, independent media, drama and dramaturgy, and creative writing.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Cultural Studies: Cultural Studies; Popular Culture; Visual Culture
  • Sociology, Social Policy, Social Work, Criminology and Gender Studies: Feminist Studies; Gender & Sexuality
  • Theatre and Dance, Film and Television and Multimedia: Film; Television; Theatre and Dance
  • Cinema Studies: Cinema Studies
  • Digital Humanities: Digital Humanities

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Authored Books
  • Harrington E. (2017) Women, Monstrosity and Horror Film: Gynaehorror. Routledge. vii+287.
Chapters
  • Harrington E. (2021) Horror on Home D: gender, humour, and horror in Housebound. In Erwin E; Hofmann G (Ed.), Body Count 6 ½: Case Studies in Horror-ComedyLehigh University Press.
  • Harrington E. (2020) Slicing Up the Boys’ Club: The Female-led Horror Anthology Film. In Perise A (Ed.), Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, GenreRutgers University Press.
  • Harrington EJ. (2019) Macduff vs. Army of Darkness. In Riekki R; Sartain J (Ed.), The Many Lives of the Evil Dead: Essays on the Cult Film Franchise: 182-187. Jefferson: McFarland and Company, Inc..
  • Harrington E. (2018) The Casketeers and prime-time tangihanga. In Johnson E (Ed.), Death and Dying In New Zealand: 119-127.Freerange Press.
Journal Articles
  • Harrington E. (2020) A network of networks of networks built by believers that runs on belief. Hamster (7): 4-9.
  • Harrington E. (2020) Peering through the trees, or, everything I've ever learned about American summer camp came from Friday the 13th Parts 1-4 and The Baby-Sitter's Club Super Special #2. Horror Homeroom (1): 163-171.
  • Harrington E. (2020) Policing through parody with Wellington Paranormal. Continuum 34(1): 88-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2019.1699025.
  • Harrington EJ. (2018) 10 Cloverfield Lane. Science Fiction Film and Television 11(1): 131-135. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/sfftv.2018.11.
  • Bartneck C., Ser QM., Moltchanova E., Smithies J. and Harrington E. (2016) Have LEGO Products Become More Violent? PLoS ONE 11(5) e0155401: 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155401.
  • Harrington E. (2016) (In)decent Exposure. Bulletin (183): 36-41.
  • Harrington E. (2015) Casual wear meets cultural criticism. Takahe 84: 40-41.
  • Harrington E. (2015) Christchurch Round Up. Playmarket Annual (50): 54-55.
  • Harrington E. (2014) The Babadook. Monsters and the Monstrous 4(2): 103-105.
  • Harrington E. (2011) A Means to an End: Challenging the Notion of 'Torture Porn' in the French Film 'Martyrs'. OCULUS: Postgraduate Journal for Visual Arts Research (3): 9-16.
Conference Contributions - Published
  • Harrington E.. (2015) Living deaths, wicked witches and 'hagsploitation': horror and/of the aging female body. In Peer Reviewed Proceedings of the 6th Annual Conference Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand (PopCAANZ): 54-62. Japan Academy.
Conference Contributions - Other
  • Harrington E. (2019) A South Pacific horror hot take: pedagogy, media literacy and comparative horror analysis. Seattle, USA: Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference, 13 Mar 2019.
  • Harrington E. (2019) XX Marks the spot? Gender, aesthetics and representation in contemporary horror anthology films. Seattle, USA: Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference, 13 Mar 2019.
  • Harrington EJ. (2017) 'This is the girl': aesthetics and rituals of violence and consumption in 'Starry Eyes' and 'The Neon Demon'. Massey University, Wellington: Popular Culture Association of Australian and New Zealand Annual Conference, 10 Jul 2017.
  • Harrington E. (2016) Eating for two: mothers, meat and monstrous pregnancies. Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand: Food / Love / God: A Tri-thematic Symposium on Popular Culture hosted by the Popular Culture Research Centre, 4-4 Feb 2016.
  • Harrington EJ. (2016) Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Pro-Horror: Representing Abortion in Horror Film. University of Otago: New Research on Horror, 16-18 Nov 2016.
  • Harrington E. (2014) I is for I Don't Think So: feminist theory meets fan praxis in 'The ABCs of Death'. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: Space, Race, Bodies: Geocorpographies of the City, Nation and Empire, 8-8 Dec 2014.
  • Harrington E. (2012) Looking inside: foetal imagery, pregnant subjectivity and the horror film. Christchurch, New Zealand: OCULUS 2012: Postgraduate Visual Arts Conference, 28-30 Sep 2012.
  • Harrington E. (2012) Virgins, Vaginas and 'Teeth': Representations of female sexuality in horror film. Melbourne, Australia: Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand 3rd Annual International Conference (POPCAANZ), 27-29 Jun 2012.
Oral Presentations
  • Harrington E. (2019) 'Always blow on the ghost pie': the curious case of the New Zealand Police's 'Wellington Paranormal' PSAs. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Aotearoa New Zealand Studies Seminar Series, 14 May 2019.
  • Harrington E. (2018) Horror for the faint-hearted. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: UC Connect | Tauhere Public Lecture Series, 07 Mar 2018.
  • Harrington EJ. (2018) (Gynae)horror and film-philosophy. University of Canterbury: Canterbury School of Continental Philosophy Seminar Series, 06 Oct 2017.
  • Harrington EJ. (2018) An introduction to the monstrous-feminine. Avon Loop Community Cottage: Shared Snood: "Not Your Bae" - Witches, Bitches and Nasty Women, 21 Feb 2018.
  • McManus R., Elliot M., Mayell M. and Harrington E. (2018) Death and Dying at the Teece. Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities, # HEreford St, Christchurch, NZ: Death and Dying at the Teece, 11 Dec 2018.
  • Harrington EJ. (2017) Creepypasta: Old Horrors, New Media. Rangi Ruru Girls' School, Christchurch: National Association of Media Educators 2017 conference "In the Frame".
  • Harrington EJ. (2017) Representation and genre: the changing face of the 'final girl' (keynote). Rangi Ruru Girls' School, Christchurch: National Association of Media Educators 2017 conference: "In the Frame".
  • Harrington EJ. (2017) Stinky poo, stinky poo, knickers knickers knickers: a brief and incomplete account of witches in film and popular culture. City Gallery, Wellington: Tuatara Open Late: Purple Pilgrims, Häxan, Erin Harrington, 02 Nov 2017.
  • Harrington E. (2016) Old age and treachery: hagsploitation, psychobiddies and the aging woman in horror (Keynote). Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Australia: Mary Shelley Symposium, Stranger With My Face International Film Festival.
  • Harrington EJ. (2016) Horror on Home D: gender, humour, and horror in Housebound. University of Canterbury: New Zealand Studies seminar series, 07 Oct 2016.
  • Harrington E. (2015) How do you schizoanalyse film? University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury School of Continental Philosophy Seminar Series.
  • Harrington E. (2015) Pink versus blue: exploring taken-for-granted ideas about gender. New Zealand Broadcasting School, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Performances
  • Harrington E. (2020) New Regent Street Pop Up Festival: Metamorphoses. Reader, convenor: Young's Jewellers, New Regent Street. [Spoken word - live readings].
  • Harrington E. (2019) WORD UP Cabaret - November 2019. Performer: Little Andromeda. [Theatre / cabaret].
  • Harrington E. (2018) Free Radicals. Co-producer, director, writer, performer: Arts Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Live performance, spoken word, song, live music across multiple genres].
  • Harrington EJ. (2016) Eating the Wolf. Director, co-producer, performer: XCHC (Exchange Christchurch). [Performance of NZ author Sarah Delahunty's play "Eating the Wolf", with proceeds going to charity].
Dramatic and Literary Texts
  • Harrington E. (2017) Present Tense. Author: 48-48. [Print].
  • Harrington EJ. (2016) Two poems (crash; three day affair / laundromat). 61. [Print].
Other
  • Harrington E. (2020) Into the wild: A review of Carl Nixon’s astonishing novel, The Tally Stick. The Spinoff Review of Books New Zealand: [Book review].
  • Harrington E. (2019) A new horror: Thomas Harris’s Cari Mora, reviewed. The Spinoff Review of Books [Online].
  • Harrington E. (2019) Review: Imaginary Friend, a blood-soaked novel that recalls Stranger Things. The Spinoff Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Harrington EJ. (2018) Back to the Future: Spaceships, Tōtara, and the Christchurch Performing Arts Precinct. The Pantograph Punch [critical essay].
  • Harrington EJ. (2018) The It Factor: Why Horror Has Risen from the Grave. The Press / Stuff. [Editorial].
  • Harrington EJ. (2017) 15 Films to See at the 2017 New Zealand International Film Festival. The Pantograph Punch [Film review].
  • Harrington EJ. (2017) Perm and Set: A Review of Steel Magnolias. The Pantograph Punch [Theatre review].
  • Harrington EJ. (2017) Satire, Sincerity and Pastiche: A Review of The Love Witch. The Pantograph Punch [Film review essay].
  • Harrington EJ. (2017) Unmoored melancholy: a review of Uncle Vanya. The Pantograph Punch Auckland: [Review].

Student Supervision

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  • PhD - Cohen B: Updating the Bernstein Model: Engaging new audiences with through classical music
  • PhD - Doole S: Wander-ous Wombs: Thinking through the maternal body in contemporary poetry
  • PhD - Hitchings I: Power, Control and Gate-Keeping: 'Making People' in Science Fiction Texts
  • PhD - Jones J: Gendered Jargon: How Speakers Indicate Nonbinary Gender Identity via Linguistic and Audiovisual (in)Congruence
  • PhD - Williamson R: Maternal aesthetics: Subjectivity, experience and genre in literature and popular culture texts on motherhood
  • Completed
  • PhD - Kennedy K: Challenging the Norm: Gender in Frank Herbert’s Dune series (2019)
  • Masters - Fletcher L: Hearing is believing: authenticity, authority and audionarratology in the post-Serial investigative podcast genre (2020)
  • Honours - Hills M: Night of the Living Pets: Zombie and Ghost Companion Animals in Horror Literature for Children
  • Honours - Hinchliff J: Casting Shadows: Byronic Irony as transformation in J M Coetzee’s Disgrace. (2019)
  • Honours - Lydiard S: Profiles: A Play (a collection of verbatim monologues) (2019)
  • Honours - Nathan D: "We're all infected": humanity and community in The Walking Dead (2016)
  • Honours - Soper C: “Crown me or kiss my ass”: Exploring Neoliberal (Post)Feminism in American Horror Story: Coven (2017)
  • Honours - Williams S-R: I Mustn't Think Of It Now: Gone with the Wind and Why Difficult Books Are Vital in Secondary Schools (2019)
  • Honours - Williamson H: Space Invaders: Contesting and Constructing Heterotopia in Sarah Kane’s Blasted

Editorial Work

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  • Editorial and governance position (Takahe) Editorial Board Member ( 2014 - 2017)

Affiliations

  • Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) (Professional Organisation): Member
  • Screen Studies Association of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (Professional Organisation): Member
  • Women in Film and Television New Zealand (WIFT) (Professional Organisation): Member
  • Canterbury Film Society (Community Organisation/NGO): Member

Future Research

  • Aesthetics, ritual, and time / duration in horror media
  • Sex, reproduction and embodiment in genre cinema
  • New Zealand horror, humour, parody and nationhood
  • Ongoing development of boutique performance events
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