Geraldine Bloustien
School of Communication, Information and New Media, University of South Australia
Current ARC Projects
2003 - 2005 Playing for Life: the everyday music practices of marginalised youth as strategic pathways to agency, employment and socio-economic inclusion.
Publications
Books
Bloustien G. 2003 Girl Making: A Cross-cultural ethnography on the processes of growing up female. New York: Berghahn Books.
Bloustien G. (ed) 2003 En-visioning Ethnography (special edition of Social Analysis, 47.3)
Bloustien G. (ed) 1999, Musical Visions: Music as Sound Image and Movement, Adelaide: Wakefield Press.
Chapters in Books
Bloustien G. 'Still picking children from the trees?: Re-imagining Woodstock in 21st century Australia' In Bennett, A. (forthcoming, 2004), Remembering Woodstock, Aldershot: Ashgate.
Bloustien G. 2004, 'Buffy Night at the Seven Stars: A 'Subcultural' Happening at the 'Glocal' Leve'. In Bennett, A. and Kahn-Harris, K. (forthcoming, 2004) After Subculture: Critical Studies in Contemporary Youth Culture, London: Palgrave.
Bloustien G. 'Introduction: Envisioning Ethnography--Exploring the meanings of the visual in research'. In Social Analysis The International Journal of Cultural and Socal Practice 47(3) Fall 2003.
Bloustien G. & Baker S. 'On not talking to strangers: Researching the micro worlds of girls through auto ethnographic practices'. In Social Analysis The International Journal of Cultural and Socal Practice 47(3) Fall 2003.
Bloustien G. & Peters, M. 'Playing for life: New approaches to researching youth and their music practices' Youth Studies Australia. 2003, v.22, n.2, pp.32-39.
Bloustien, G & Israel, M, (co-authored), 2003, 'Real Crime and the Media' in Goldsmith, A, Israel, M & Daly, K (eds) Crime and Justice in Australia, Sydney: Lawbook Company.
Bloustien G. 2002, 'Ceci N'Est Pas Une Jeune Fille' in Henry Jenkins Tara McPherson & Jane Shattuc (eds) Hop On Pop : The Pleasures and Politics of Popular Culture Durham, N.C. Duke University Press (M.I.T.) (in press).
Bloustien G. 2002, 'Far From Sugar and Spice' in Bettina Baron & Helga Kotthoff (eds.) Gender In Interaction, The Hague: Benjamins Press.
Bloustien G. 2000, 'Teddy Bear Chains and Violent Femmes' in McLeod J. & Malone K. (eds.) Representing Youth, Hobart: National Clearinghouse for Youth studies (NCYS).
Bloustien G. 1999, 'On Not dancing Like A Try Hard' in Bloustien G. (ed) Musical Visions: Music as Sound Image and Movement, Adelaide: Wakefield Press.
Bloustien G. 1998, 'It's Different To A Mirror 'Cos It Talks To You: Teenage girls, video cameras and identity' in Howard S. (ed) Wired Up: Young People and The Electronic Media, London: Falmer Press, (Media Education and Culture Series).
Refereed Articles
Bloustien G. 2002 'Fans with a Lot at Stake: Serious Play & Mimetic Excess in Buffy the Vampire Slayer', European Journal of Cultural Studies.
Bloustien G. 1999, 'The Consequence of being a Gift', TAJA, The Australian Journal of Anthropology, 10:1.
Current Research Interests
youth studies
speculative fiction
documentary theories and practices
film and television theories
ethnographic methodologies
gender and representation
popular music and culture
communication and health
alternative medical practices