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Intellect is a fiercely independent academic publisher for scholars and practitioners teaching and r
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Intellect is an independent academic publisher in the fields of creative practice and popular culture, publishing scholarly books and journals that exemplify our mission as publishers of original thinking. We aim to provide a vital space for widening critical debate in new and emerging subjects, and in this way we differ from other publishers by campaigning for the author rather than producing a b

ook or journal to fill a gap in the market. We publish in four distinct subject areas: visual arts, film studies, cultural and media studies, and performing arts. These categories host Intellect’s ever-expanding topics of enquiry, which include photography, drawing, curation, community music, gaming and scenography. Intellect titles are often multidisciplinary, presenting scholarly work at the cross section of arts, media and creative practice. Intellect seeks to offer an unbiased platform for quality critical debate. We are committed to representing the author’s voice authentically, without imposition of our personal ideas or opinions. We place great emphasis on serving our authors and editors, customers, and communities. As a mission-based publisher, we are committed to reinvesting in our publishing activities.

02/11/2024

Happy Saturday!

Here’s a little look at the bookshelf from Marloes Bontjie co-author of Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace: A Worldwide Compendium of Postpunk and Goth in the 1980s.

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01/11/2024

Jess Dobkin's Wetrospective is now available in the US and RoW. Take a look at some of the images from inside the book.

For more information about the book click here 👉https://ow.ly/3I7i50TWroa

Photo credits:
3. Jess Dobkin’s Wetrospective (2021). Photo by Yuula Benivolski.
12. For What It’s Worth (2023). Photo by Christa Holka.
17. The Lactation Station Breast Milk Bar (2006). Photo by David Hawe.

Jess Dobkin

01/11/2024

Congratulations Mary Kate Connolly and Lea Anderson on another fantastic book launch in an incredible setting.

Take a look at some of the moments from last Thursday evenings launch at The Mount Without, Bristol.

In Smithereens is available to buy from our website. Click here to find out more 👉https://www.intellectbooks.com/in-smithereens

31/10/2024

As Black History Month comes to an end, we want to take a moment to reflect on the fantastic books and articles spotlighted this month. As a publisher, it is also essential that we continue to amplify works by Black scholars and those contributing to the field of study all year round and not just a single month.

We are always looking for new and exciting ideas to publish. If you think your work might be suitable for the Intellect portfolio, please submit a book or journal proposal.

31/10/2024

Happy Halloween!

Today, we are celebrating 10 years of these cult classics. Each book includes a fascinating collection of essays which explore a particular area or aspect of the subject’s ‘universe’ in each chapter.

Have you read any of our Fan Phenomena series? Click here to find out more about them 👉 https://ow.ly/s00z50TlJyk

31/10/2024

Celebrating 10 fantastic years of Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace, where EVERYDAY IS HALLOWEEN! 👻

Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace: A Worldwide Compendium of Postpunk and Goth in the 1980s by Andrea Harriman and Marloes Bontje focuses on the music, the individual and the creativity of a worldwide community, a subject not often covered by academic books. Whether you were part of the scene or are just fascinated by different modes of expression, this book will transport you to another time and place.

Check it out here 👉https://ow.ly/Ahtw50TW8SE

30/10/2024

Take a look at some great images from the inside of Obsessions of a Showwoman: The Performance Worlds of Marisa Carnesky edited by Eirini Kartsaki.

The book foregrounds the important lineage of incredible women working across performance, live art and cabaret and asks how the term 'Showwoman' can transgress the figure of the showman as a provider of the spectacular. It encourages the showgirl to finally graduate into adulthood.

👉https://www.intellectbooks.com/obsessions-of-a-showwoman

1. Marisa Carnesky, Portraits of Anarchists, 1994. © Casey Orr
2. Fancy Chance. © Jo Duck
3. Marisa Carnesky, Dr Carnesky's Incredible Bleeding Woman, 2016. © Sarah Ainslie
4. Marisa Carnesky and Lucifire, Showwoman, 2022. © Sarah Hickson

CARNESKY

30/10/2024

Intellect is pleased to announce that Short Fiction in Theory & Practice 14.1 is out now!

Special Section: ‘The Short Story and Ecology’

Including ‘‘Sarahland would trick me into thinking it was the entire world’: Sam Cohen’s short story cycle as q***r ecology’ by Clare Fisher

For more information about the journal and issue click here 👉
https://www.intellectbooks.com/short-fiction-in-theory-practice

Access the issue via Discover 👉
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/fict/14/1

Follow the journal on Facebook here 👉
https://www.facebook.com/Short-Fiction-in-Theory-and-Practice-182817198430413/

30/10/2024

Watch as Laura Levin talks about Jess Dobkin's art practice and how that relates to the Wetrospective.

Watch the full interview here 👉https://ow.ly/OCNm50TTiUY

Jess Dobkin

29/10/2024

Intellect is pleased to announce that Indian Theatre Journal 8.1 is out now! 🎭

Indian Theatre Journal is committed to publishing a wide range of critical and scholarly approaches to various aspects of Indian theatre and performance from social, political, cultural, economical and diasporic contexts.

Including ‘The masculinized feminine body: The body politics and the construction of female identity in Mohiniyattam’ by Swetha Mangalath

For more information about the journal and issue click here 👉
https://www.intellectbooks.com/indian-theatre-journal

Access the issue via Discover 👉
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/itj/8/1

29/10/2024

In honour of our 40th anniversary we are giving away a free article every week for the entire year. This week's FREE article is from Film International 16.1: ‘Finding their true selves: An interview with Santiago Giralt and Federico Carol on making q***r cinema in Argentina’.

Click here to read 👉https://ow.ly/JyjM50TfelY

29/10/2024

We had such a fantastic time meeting so many of you at the 2nd Class and Culture Conference 2024 🎉

Thank you to University of Hertfordshire and University of Liverpool for making it possible!

For more information about the Journal of Class & Culture click here 👉https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-class-culture

28/10/2024

Intellect is pleased to announce that Maska 221-222 is out now! 🎭

Including ‘Theatre as a space of empowerment and emphasis of voices’ by Kaja Teržan and ‘The dualities of artificial presence and authenticity’ by Maša Radi Buh

For more information about the journal and issue click here 👉
https://www.intellectbooks.com/maska

Access the issue via Discover 👉
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/maska/39/221-222

28/10/2024

Dissens and Sensibility, by Lisbet Skregelid, is out now in the UK and Europe – available in hardback, paperback and Open Access!

The book is an introduction to the of , an educational approach using the dissensual characteristics of art as an experimental and affective force. It includes theoretical foundations and examples of how the theory is unfolded in different contexts ranging from educational practice to arts based research.

Part of the : International Perspectives in Education.

For more information about the book click here 👉https://ow.ly/lcLG50TQBUZ

28/10/2024

Patchwork by Jacqueline Bishop is a collection of essays and interviews with contemporary Caribbean writers, scholars and curators. It includes work by trained visual artists and vernacular artists, and speaks to both indigenous traditions of the region and more globalised contemporary expressions.

To read more about the book click here 👉https://ow.ly/gAlh50TvhVb

Watch an interview with Jacqueline 👉https://ow.ly/iLhE50TvhVa

28/10/2024

27/10/2024

To end Open Access Week, take a look at a selection of countries where our OA work is being cited and used.

To find out more about Open Access with Intellect Books click here 👉https://www.intellectbooks.com/open-access

27/10/2024

Listen to our Journals Manager, Amy Rollason, as she talks about the reasons why you should choose a respected academic publisher when publishing Open Access and how Intellect can help.

To find out more click here 👉https://www.intellectbooks.com/open-access

26/10/2024

Take a look at this flick through of the incredible new release Jess Dobkin's Wetrospective.

This book, edited by Laura Levin, reflects on the internationally acclaimed artist’s playful and provocative practice as performer, activist, curator, and community leader. At the same time, it grapples with a question that is vital for art and performance studies: How do archives perform?

Available here 👉https://ow.ly/eoqp50TT98A

Jess Dobkin

26/10/2024

Top 10 Open Access downloaded articles.

1. The Australian breaking scene and the Olympic Games: The possibilities and politics of sportification by Rachael Gunn and Lucas Marie from Global Hip Hop Studies 4.1.
https://ow.ly/FCnV50TRzOE

2. A conceptual framework for understanding and articulating the social impact of community music by Brydie-Leigh Bartleet from International Journal of Community Music 16.1.
https://ow.ly/7z1250TRzOH

3. City Girls, hot girls and the re-imagining of Black women in hip hop and digital spaces by Kyesha Jennings from Global Hip Hop Studies 1.1.
https://ow.ly/4fMc50TRzOz

4. Co-creating digital art with generative AI in K-9 education: Socio-material insights by Henriikka Vartiainen, Matti Tedre and Ilkka Jormanainen from International Journal of Education Through Art 19.3
https://ow.ly/SKVa50TRzOB

5. The nearby: A scope of seeing by Biao Xiang from Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art 8.2-3.
https://ow.ly/LJMm50TRzOA

6. Concept of artisan chocolate from the perspective of chocolatiers by Berkay Seçuk and Yılmaz Seçim from International Journal of Food Design 9.1.
https://ow.ly/Cy3Y50TRzOJ

7. The impossibility of being Drake: Or, what it means to be a successful (Black) Canadian rapper by Alexandra Boutros from Global Hip Hop Studies 1.1.
https://ow.ly/IVr550TRzOL

8. A review of the impact of food design on the mealtimes of people with swallowing disability who require texture-modified food by Rebecca Smith, Lucy Bryant, Courtney Reddacliff and Bronwyn Hemsley from International Journal of Food Design 7.1.
https://ow.ly/AjeF50TRzOM

9. Theorizing comic cons by Benjamin Woo, Brian Johnson, Bart Beaty and Miranda Campbell from Journal of Fandom Studies 8.1.
https://ow.ly/5kcA50TRzOI

10. Psychological effects of energy gels: An investigation into runners’ energy gel choice and consumption strategies in marathon running by Armağan Karahanoğlu from International Journal of Food Design 7.1.
https://ow.ly/ljgB50TRzOy

Head to Discover for more information about each article or to download the PDF 👉https://ow.ly/H7eG50TRzOG

26/10/2024

'Open scholarship is an important building block to academic freedom because it democratises knowledge production and sharing.'
- Adam Haupt, Coordinating Editor, Global Hip Hip Studies

26/10/2024

Happy Saturday!

Here is a bookshelf image from one of our latest releases, Jess Dobkin's Wetrospective.

It appears on page 32 and goes with Ann Cvetkovich’s writing in the book (page 170) — and her work on the Bibliographic Altar.

Show us your shelfie by using and tagging us.

Jess Dobkin’s Wetrospective (Lobby detail) 2021. Courtesy of AGYU.

25/10/2024

Infrastructure in Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Film, 1968-2021 by Christian B. Long is out now! 📽️

Changes to infrastructure allow us to see imagined worlds better, and we can look to dystopian and post-apocalyptic movies from 1968 to 2021 for a sense of where we might begin to re-design and retrofit our current world to face the dystopias and possible apocalypses of our own making.

For more information about the book click here 👉https://ow.ly/KqVZ50TQzHA

25/10/2024

Today's article is from Global Hip Hop Studies 4.1. It will examine performance qualities within interdisciplinary practices that forged ahead hip hop culture with under-represented New York hip hop female dancers. Insights about the experience of these African American female pioneers bring into light historical concerns of exploitation and representation right in time for the introduction of breaking in the 2024 Olympics.

Click here to read the article 👉https://ow.ly/Rnwy50TuqWw

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Watch as Laura Levin talks about Jess Dobkin's art practice and how that relates to the Wetrospective. Watch the full interview here 👉https://ow.ly/OCNm50TTiUY Jess Dobkin #wetrospective

Listen to our Journals Manager, Amy Rollason, as she talks about the reasons why you should choose a respected academic publisher when publishing Open Access and how Intellect can help. To find out more click here 👉https://www.intellectbooks.com/open-access #OAWeek #OAW2024 #CommunityOverCommercilization

Take a look at this flick through of the incredible new release Jess Dobkin's Wetrospective. This book, edited by Laura Levin, reflects on the internationally acclaimed artist’s playful and provocative practice as performer, activist, curator, and community leader. At the same time, it grapples with a question that is vital for art and performance studies: How do archives perform? Available here 👉https://ow.ly/eoqp50TT98A Jess Dobkin #Wetrospective

Susana Pendzik, co-editor of Diamond Open Access journal Dramatherapy, explains some of the benefits of Open Access. Watch the full interview here 👉https://youtu.be/4r-OVe6-nF4 #OAWeek #OAW2024 #CommunityOverCommercilization #Dramatherapy

Listen to our Journal's manager, Amy Rollason, discuss the benefits of publishing Open Access content. To find out more about Open Access click here 👉https://www.intellectbooks.com/open-access #OAWeek #OAW2024 #CommunityOverCommercilization

Adam Haupt, Coordinating Editor of Global Hip Hop Studies, discusses how Open Access can help to redress the imbalance of knowledge systems between the Global North and Global South. Watch the full interview here 👉https://ow.ly/K4rA50TPETG #OAWeek #OAW2024 #CommunityOverCommercilization

IntellectOpen offers authors, editors and funders an attractive option for delivering their monographs and journal articles free at the point of access under Creative Commons licensing. With IntellectOpen, our mission is to maintain our high publishing standard and author service while keeping prices and fees at a fair and accessible level. Find out more about what types of Open Access options Intellect offers. More details here 👉https://ow.ly/iyiQ50TPSuq #OAWeek #OAW2024 #CommunityOverCommercilization

Listen to our Senior Production Editor, Sophia Munyengeterwa as she tells us what Open Access is and how it is different to free content. Click here to watch the full video 👉https://ow.ly/qvYn50TPuat #OAWeek #OAW2024 #CommunityOverCommercilization

In Jess Dobkin’s Wetrospective, a cast of renowned international performance theorists and artists dive into this exploration alongside Dobkin, curator Emelie Chhangur, and performance theorist and dramaturg Laura Levin. These contributions appear alongside a riot of full colour photographs, providing access to Dobkin’s celebrated artistic productions from the last 30 years. More details about the book here 👉https://ow.ly/1RsE50TOjxU Jess Dobkin

Take a look at this quick flick through of the new release In Smithereens by Mary Kate Connolly. Located within Lea Anderson’s choreographic archive, this book charts a series of hands-on interventions with the fabric remains of her companies The Cholmondeleys and The Featherstonehaughs. Available here 👉https://ow.ly/JsTo50TJxLU

Here's a quick flick through the gorgeous Obsessions of a Showwoman: The Performance Worlds of Marisa Carnesky edited by Eirini Kartsaki. For more information about the book click here 👉https://ow.ly/XJ6j50TJw4f

Rupal Shah and Jens Foell, co-authors of Fighting for the Soul of General Practice tell us more about what they think soul of general practice actually is. Click here to listen to the full interview 👉https://ow.ly/QKte50TAYKu #NHS #FightingfortheSoulofGeneralPractice

Kelly Reddy-Best tells us about her research into queer and trans fashion. She is an Editorial Board Member of Fashion, Style and Popular Culture and an Associate Editor for Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty. Click here to listen to the full interview 👉https://ow.ly/qxP850TpQug #InConversation #KellyReddy-Best Fashion, Style & Popular Culture

Margaret Olin and David Shulman tell us more about their book 'The Bitter Landscapes of Palestine' and its contents. Click here to listen to the full interview 👉https://ow.ly/S6oS50TatKB Follow the link in bio to listen to the full interview. #InConversation #palestine