Professor Elspeth Probyn
Department of Gender Studies, University of Sydney
Current ARC Projects
2001-2003 'The Practices and Performances of Alimentary Identity'
2001-2003 'Girl Cultures: A Study of Girls’ Consumption of Popular Media' (with Catharine Lumby)
International Linkages
Associate of the Centre for Urban and Cultural Research, Goldsmith College, University of London
Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of Montreal
Honorary Professor, Albert Schweitzer International University, Geneva
2003 Trans/cultural Translators: Mediating Race, Indigeneity, Ethnicity in Four Nations. Principal Organizer: E. Ann Kaplan (USA) Rockefeller/Bellagio Centre Grant.
Member of the Transculturalisms Project, directed by Prof. Sneja Gunew for the International Council for Canadian Studies.
Publications
Books
2003 Remote Control: New Media and Ethics. Catharine Lumby and Elspeth Probyn (eds.) Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
2000 Carnal Appetites: FoodSexIdentities. London and New York: Routledge
Chapters in Books
2003 'Eating into Ethics: Passion, Food, Journalism', in C. Lumby and E. Probyn (eds.) Remote Control: Changing Media, New Ethics. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
2003 E. Probyn & C. Lumby 'An Ethics of Engagement', in C. Lumby and E. Probyn (eds.) Remote Control: Changing Media, New Ethics. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
2003 'The Spatial Imperative of Subjectivity', in K. Anderson et al (eds.) The Sage Handbook of Cultural Geography. London: Sage.
2001 "Eating Skin", in S. Ahmed and J. Stacey (eds.) Thinking through Skin. London and New York: Routledge.
2000 "Anxieties of Proximity: The space-time of concepts", in Jon May and Nigel Thrift (eds.) Timespace: Geographies of Temporality. London and New York: Routledge.
2000 "Shaming Theory, Thinking Dis-connections: Feminism and Reconciliation", S. Ahmed, C. Lury and B. Skeggs (eds.) Political Transformations. New York and London: Routledge.
1999 "Bloody Metaphors. Becoming-Québécoise", in N. Alarcon, C. Kaplan and M. Moellem (eds.) Between Women and the Nation. Durham: Duke University Press.
1998 "Feminism and Cultural Studies" , in The Oxford Companion to Australian Feminism. eds. B. Caine, E. Webby, M. Gatens, S. Watson, J. Larbalestier and E. Grahame. Oxford University Press.
Refereed Articles
2000 'Teaching in the Field: Gender and Media Studies', Journal of Feminist Media Studies 1:1.
2000 "The Indigestion of Identities" (feature article). M/C: A journal of media and culture, 2:7. pp 1-7 http://www.media-culture.org.au/9910/indigestion.html
1999 "An Ethos with a Bite: Queer Appetites from Sex to Food", Sexualities 2: 4, pp. 421-431.
1999 "Beyond Food/Sex: Eating and an Ethics of Existence", Theory, Culture & Society 16:2. pp. 215-228.
1998 "Connections and Dis-connections: Rethinking the Body", The Journal of Asian Women. 7th edition. pp. 1-18.
1998 "McIdentities. Feeding the Familial Citizen", Theory, Culture & Society. 15:2. pp. 155-173.
1998 "Re:Generation. Women's Studies and the Disciplining of Ressentiment", Australian Feminist Studies. 13:27. pp. 129-136.
Current Research Interests
emotional tourism
youth media
youth obesity
emotions and affects
gender and media