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Middlemost, Renee Dr

Lecturer, Communication and Media

  • Lecturer - School of the Arts, English and Media 2017 -

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

Research Overview

  • I have a broad range of research interests across cult film, fans, celebrity, film and television, and popular culture. All 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 2022.

Available as Research Supervisor

Available for Collaborative Projects

Selected Publications

  • Journal Article

    Year Title
    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

  • Chapter

    Year Title
    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
    The Nina Effect: Offspring and the commodification of fan affect
    Published In
    Aussie Fans: Uniquely Placed in Global Popular Culture
    Publisher
    Iowa City
    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

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

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

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

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

Top Publications

Research Overview

  • I have a broad range of research interests across cult film, fans, celebrity, film and television, and popular culture. All 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 2022.

Selected Publications

  • Journal Article

    Year Title
    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

  • Chapter

    Year Title
    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
    The Nina Effect: Offspring and the commodification of fan affect
    Published In
    Aussie Fans: Uniquely Placed in Global Popular Culture
    Publisher
    Iowa City
    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

Potential Supervision Topics

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

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

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
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