Middlemost, Renee

Overview

Renee Middlemost is Lecturer in Global Communication and Media. A graduate of the University of Wollongong, Renee conducted her PhD research on the audience participation practices of cult film fans in Australia. After several years as a sessional academic in both Communication and Media, and Cultural Studies, Renee joined the School of the Arts, English, and Media in 2017. She is Honours/Dean's Scholar co-ordinator for the Bachelor of Communication and Media and teaches across the Global Media major. Renee is on the editorial board of Participations: International Journal of Audience Research; and a founding member of the Fan Studies Network Australasia.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2021	¿Hey! Mr Prime Minister!¿: The Simpsons Against the Liberals, Anti-fandom and the ¿Politics of Against¿ Published in American Behavioral Scientist
2020	Rewriting 'herstory': Sasha Velour's drag as art and activism Published in Celebrity Studies
2019	Renovating The Room: audience reception and paratextual intervention Published in Celebrity Studies
2019	Babashook: The Babadook, gay iconography and Internet cultures Published in The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture
2019	'Serving Activist Realness': The new drag superstars and activism under Trump
2020	‘Celebrating 10 Years of Idris Elba Becoming James Bond Any Second Now’: Fandom, Ownership and the Alt-Right
2019	'I'm certainly not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt': Jason Statham, fandom and a new type of (anti) hero
2019	The Nina Effect: Offspring and the commodification of fan affect
2018	The Simpsons Do the Nineties Published in M/C Journal

Research Areas

Research Overview

I have a broad range of research interests across cult film, fans, celebrity, film and television, and popular culture. Much of my research centres around audiences, and how they engage with, and create media products. I am involved with the Australasian branch of the Fan Studies Network, as academic research in fan studies undergoes rapid expansion internationally. My most recent publications have appeared in Celebrity Studies, M/C Journal, and the Australasian Journal of Popular Culture. I am currently preparing my first monograph for the Queer Film Classics series (McGill-Queens University Press) to be published in 2023.

Geographic Focus

Australia and International Transnational Region

Available as Research Supervisor

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

Research Centre for Critical Creative Practice (C3P) 2018 -
Fan Studies Network Australasia Co-Founder 2017 -

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2021	¿Hey! Mr Prime Minister!¿: The Simpsons Against the Liberals, Anti-fandom and the ¿Politics of Against¿ Published In American Behavioral Scientist
2020	A Monster of Our Very Own: Razorback, Howling III: The Marsupials and the Australian Outback Published In CineExcess
2020	Rewriting 'herstory': Sasha Velour's drag as art and activism Published In Celebrity Studies
2019	Babashook: The Babadook, gay iconography and Internet cultures Published In The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture
2019	Renovating The Room: audience reception and paratextual intervention Published In Celebrity Studies
2018	The Simpsons Do the Nineties Published In M/C Journal
2018	The Simpsons Do the Nineties Published In M/C Journal

Chapter

Year	Title
2020	Australia¿s Golden Girl: Asher Keddie, Offspring, and the celebrity motherhood narrative Published In Gender and Australian Celebrity Culture Publisher Routledge
2020	Procaffeinating: Mapping regional coffee fandom via social media Published In Eating Fandom: Intersections between fans and food culture Publisher London
2020	‘Celebrating 10 Years of Idris Elba Becoming James Bond Any Second Now’: Fandom, Ownership and the Alt-Right Published In From Blofeld to Moneypenny: Gender in James Bond Publisher Bingley, UK
2019	'I'm certainly not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt': Jason Statham, fandom and a new type of (anti) hero Published In Crank It Up: Jason Statham: Star! Publisher Manchester
2019	'Serving Activist Realness': The new drag superstars and activism under Trump Published In Intercultural Communication, Identity, and Social Movements in the Digital Age Routledge Research in Communication Studies Publisher United Kingdom
2019	Cult Film and Nostalgia Published In The Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema Publisher London
2019	Cult cinema and nostalgia Published In The Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema Publisher Routledge
2019	The Nina Effect: Offspring and the commodification of fan affect Published In Aussie Fans: Uniquely Placed in Global Popular Culture Publisher Iowa City
2019	`I¿m certainly not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt¿ Published In Crank it up Publisher Manchester University Press
2018	Dexter: “Remember the Monsters?” Published In Television Finales From Howdy Doody to Girls Publisher New York
2017	"My whole life is a dark room": Nostalgia and domesticity in Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands Published In A Critical Companion to Tim Burton Publisher Maryland, USA

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2014	Rock cult/ pop cult: the continuing influence of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on popular cult/ure Published In Proceedings of the 5th Annual Conference Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand (PopCAANZ)

Presentations

Presentation

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

Fan studies; cult film; audience studies; celebrity studies; film and television; popular culture; media studies; feminism

Teaching Activities

BCM289 Transnational Media and Culture Industries Subject Co-ordinator, Lecturer, Tutor 2018 -
BCM331 - Australian Content, Global Context Subject Co-ordinator, Lecturer, Tutor 2015 -
BCM110 Introduction to Communication and Media Subject Co-ordinator, Lecturer, Tutor 2014 -

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Master of Philosophy -LHA	Feminist Surrealist Pornography: Constructing the Relationship Between the Female Body and the Gaze in Contemporary Film.	Balabay, Deniz

Reviewer Of

Participations: journal of audience and reception studies (Journal) 2018 -

Education And Training

B.A. in Communication and Media (Honours), University of Wollongong, School of the Arts, English and Media 2002
D.Phil. in Communication and Media, University of Wollongong, School of the Arts, English and Media, Amongst Friends: The Australian cult film experience 2014

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8649-3114 (confirmed)

Top Publications

Year	Title
2021	¿Hey! Mr Prime Minister!¿: The Simpsons Against the Liberals, Anti-fandom and the ¿Politics of Against¿ Published in American Behavioral Scientist
2020	Rewriting 'herstory': Sasha Velour's drag as art and activism Published in Celebrity Studies
2019	Renovating The Room: audience reception and paratextual intervention Published in Celebrity Studies
2019	Babashook: The Babadook, gay iconography and Internet cultures Published in The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture
2019	'Serving Activist Realness': The new drag superstars and activism under Trump
2020	‘Celebrating 10 Years of Idris Elba Becoming James Bond Any Second Now’: Fandom, Ownership and the Alt-Right
2019	'I'm certainly not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt': Jason Statham, fandom and a new type of (anti) hero
2019	The Nina Effect: Offspring and the commodification of fan affect
2018	The Simpsons Do the Nineties Published in M/C Journal

Research Areas

Research Overview

I have a broad range of research interests across cult film, fans, celebrity, film and television, and popular culture. Much of my research centres around audiences, and how they engage with, and create media products. I am involved with the Australasian branch of the Fan Studies Network, as academic research in fan studies undergoes rapid expansion internationally. My most recent publications have appeared in Celebrity Studies, M/C Journal, and the Australasian Journal of Popular Culture. I am currently preparing my first monograph for the Queer Film Classics series (McGill-Queens University Press) to be published in 2023.

Geographic Focus

Australia and International Transnational Region

Member Of

Research Centre for Critical Creative Practice (C3P) 2018 -
Fan Studies Network Australasia Co-Founder 2017 -

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2021	¿Hey! Mr Prime Minister!¿: The Simpsons Against the Liberals, Anti-fandom and the ¿Politics of Against¿ Published In American Behavioral Scientist
2020	A Monster of Our Very Own: Razorback, Howling III: The Marsupials and the Australian Outback Published In CineExcess
2020	Rewriting 'herstory': Sasha Velour's drag as art and activism Published In Celebrity Studies
2019	Babashook: The Babadook, gay iconography and Internet cultures Published In The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture
2019	Renovating The Room: audience reception and paratextual intervention Published In Celebrity Studies
2018	The Simpsons Do the Nineties Published In M/C Journal
2018	The Simpsons Do the Nineties Published In M/C Journal

Chapter

Year	Title
2020	Australia¿s Golden Girl: Asher Keddie, Offspring, and the celebrity motherhood narrative Published In Gender and Australian Celebrity Culture Publisher Routledge
2020	Procaffeinating: Mapping regional coffee fandom via social media Published In Eating Fandom: Intersections between fans and food culture Publisher London
2020	‘Celebrating 10 Years of Idris Elba Becoming James Bond Any Second Now’: Fandom, Ownership and the Alt-Right Published In From Blofeld to Moneypenny: Gender in James Bond Publisher Bingley, UK
2019	'I'm certainly not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt': Jason Statham, fandom and a new type of (anti) hero Published In Crank It Up: Jason Statham: Star! Publisher Manchester
2019	'Serving Activist Realness': The new drag superstars and activism under Trump Published In Intercultural Communication, Identity, and Social Movements in the Digital Age Routledge Research in Communication Studies Publisher United Kingdom
2019	Cult Film and Nostalgia Published In The Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema Publisher London
2019	Cult cinema and nostalgia Published In The Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema Publisher Routledge
2019	The Nina Effect: Offspring and the commodification of fan affect Published In Aussie Fans: Uniquely Placed in Global Popular Culture Publisher Iowa City
2019	`I¿m certainly not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt¿ Published In Crank it up Publisher Manchester University Press
2018	Dexter: “Remember the Monsters?” Published In Television Finales From Howdy Doody to Girls Publisher New York
2017	"My whole life is a dark room": Nostalgia and domesticity in Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands Published In A Critical Companion to Tim Burton Publisher Maryland, USA

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2014	Rock cult/ pop cult: the continuing influence of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on popular cult/ure Published In Proceedings of the 5th Annual Conference Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand (PopCAANZ)

Presentations

Presentation

Potential Supervision Topics

Fan studies; cult film; audience studies; celebrity studies; film and television; popular culture; media studies; feminism

Teaching Activities

BCM289 Transnational Media and Culture Industries Subject Co-ordinator, Lecturer, Tutor 2018 -
BCM331 - Australian Content, Global Context Subject Co-ordinator, Lecturer, Tutor 2015 -
BCM110 Introduction to Communication and Media Subject Co-ordinator, Lecturer, Tutor 2014 -

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Master of Philosophy -LHA	Feminist Surrealist Pornography: Constructing the Relationship Between the Female Body and the Gaze in Contemporary Film.	Balabay, Deniz

Reviewer Of

Participations: journal of audience and reception studies (Journal) 2018 -

Education And Training

B.A. in Communication and Media (Honours), University of Wollongong, School of the Arts, English and Media 2002
D.Phil. in Communication and Media, University of Wollongong, School of the Arts, English and Media, Amongst Friends: The Australian cult film experience 2014

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8649-3114 (confirmed)

Overview

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Geographic Focus

Available as Research Supervisor

Affiliation

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Chapter

Conference Paper

Presentations

Presentation

Supervision

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

Teaching Activities

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Service

Reviewer Of

Background

Education And Training

Identity

Orcid Id

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Geographic Focus

Affiliation

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Chapter

Conference Paper

Presentations

Presentation

Supervision

Potential Supervision Topics

Teaching Activities

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Service

Reviewer Of

Background

Education And Training

Identity

Orcid Id

Visualisations

Research Areas

Geographic Focus