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Biography
Tom is a Lecturer in Screen Studies, teaching on modules in the BA (Hons) Creative Film, Television and Digital Media Production, BA (Hons) Film and Screen Studies and BA (Hons) Hair, Make-up and Prosthetics for Stage and Screen undergraduate degree programmes.
Tom completed their PhD at Lancaster University in 2023. The thesis, Dragging the Gothic, performed a novel queer analysis of Gothic works using drag performance as a fulcrum for critical analysis. Alongside this, he has published work on Gothic and horror aesthetics in contemporary queer cultures, camp in the Gothic, and representations of queerness on screen.
Research Interests
Tom’s research interests focus on intersections of Gothic and queerness as they play out in contemporary popular culture. He is more broadly interested in Gothic and horror, femininities and gender play, queerness, and popular culture.
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Dragging the Gothic, Lancaster University
31 Oct 0001 → 30 Nov 0001
Award Date: 1 Nov 2023
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'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun': Feminist Camp Gothic
Brassington, T., 30 Jun 2024, Comic Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion. Horner, A. & Zlosnik, S. (eds.). 1st ed. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 239-254 16 p. (Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic).Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
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Hello Uglies: Nosferatu's Queer Legacy in the 21st Century
Brassington, T., 5 Jan 2023, Nosferatu in the 21st Century: A Critical Study. Bacon, S. (ed.). 1st ed. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, p. 111-126 15 p.Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
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'Tarting up Ideas in Costume Jewellery': Contemporary Gothic Camp
Brassington, T., 31 Oct 2023, Queer Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion. Haefele-Thomas, A. (ed.). 1st ed. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 97-114 17 p. (Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic).Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
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‘Show gay people for the often-awful people they are’: Reframing queer monstrosity
Brassington, T., 1 Jun 2022, In: Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture. 7, 1-2, p. 27-40 13 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
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