Allison Craven
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Biography
Allison Craven lectures in English and Screen Studies. Her primary research interests are in: fairy tale and gothic narrative; film and cinema in Australia; intermediality of theatre and cinema; second wave feminisms. She teaches courses in Gothic Fiction, and Children's Literature, and she coordinates the first-year Arts core subject, Time, Truth and the Human Condition (see 'Teaching')
Edited Collections
Balanzategui, J and A Craven, eds. 2023 Monstrous Beings and Media Cultures: Folk Monsters, Im/materiality, Regionality. Amsterdam University Press.
Craven, A and D Sandars, eds. [Forthcoming 2024]. Gothic in the Oceanic South: Maritime, Marine and Aquatic Uncanny in Southern Waters. Routledge.
Monographs
Craven, A. 2017. Fairy Tale Interrupted: Feminisms, Masculinity, Wonder Cinema. Peter Lang.
Craven, A. 2016. Finding Queensland in Australian Cinema: Poetics and Screen Geographies. Anthem.
Selected Recent Book Chapters and Journal Articles
Craven, A. (Forthcoming). 'Margery's Miscellany, or What "All the world must allow": Children's Citizenship, Goody Two-Shoes, and the Fairy-Tale Public Sphere.' In Just Wonder: Shifting Perspectives in Tradition, eds Pauline Greenhill and Jennifer Orme. Utah State UP.
Craven, A. (Forthcoming 2024). 'Vampire Hydrology and Coastal Australian Cinema: Saturation, Sunlight and Amphibious Beings.' In Gothic in the Oceanic South: Maritime, Marine and Aquatic Uncanny in Southern Waters, eds. Allison Craven and Diana Sandars (166-185). Routledge.
Craven, A. (2023). 'An (Un)Common Ancestor: Australian Tales of the Bunyip.' In Monstrous Beings and Media Cultures: Folk Monsters, Im/materiality, Regionality, eds. J. Balanzategui and A. Craven (217-240). Amsterdam UP.
Balanzategui, J. and A. Craven. (2023). 'The Folk Horror "Feeling": Monstrous Modalities and the Critical Occult.' In Monstrous Beings and Media Cultures: Folk Monsters, Im/materiality, Regionality, eds. J. Balanzategui and A. Craven (241-268). Amsterdam UP.
Craven, A. (2019). 'Terraform and terra firma: Transnational economies of image, landscape and location in screen production in Queensland.' In Regional Cultures, Economies and Creativity:Innovating Through Place in Australia and Beyond, eds. Ariella van Luyn and Eduardo de la Fuente. Routledge.
Output
Craven, Allison; Sandars, Diana (2024) Gothic in the Oceanic South: Maritime, Marine and Aquatic Uncanny in Southern Waters. Abingdon, UK: [Edited Publication] [DOI]
Other Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Craven, Allison (2013) Fencelines and horizon lines: Queensland in the imaginary geographies of cinema. Townsville: [Non-Research Book Chapter]
Craven, Allison (2021) 'A happy and instructive haunting: revising the Child, the Gothic, and the Australian Cinema Revival in Storm Boy (2019) and Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018)'. Journal of Australian Studies, 45 (1):45-60. [DOI]
Craven, Allison (2020) 'The joy of a Gothic fable: form, didacticism, and 'happy-ness' in Sonya Hartnett's The Ghost's Child and Jennifer Kent's The Babadook'. Aeternum: The Journal of Contemporary Gothic Studies, 7 (1):1-16.
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Craven, Allison (2020) 'The ambiguities of ancestry: antiquity, ruins and the converging literary traditions of Australian gothic cinema'. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 14 (3):162-177. [DOI]
Craven, Allison (2020) 'The Good, the Gothic and the transnational rules of the afterlife in The Good Place'. Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, 18 (1). [DOI]
Craven, Allison (2020) 'The last of the long takes: feminism, sexual harassment, and the action of change'. M/C Journal, 23 (2).
Escape to the terraform tropics: geography and gender in marine adventure films from Queensland
2018
Craven, Allison (2018) 'Escape to the terraform tropics: geography and gender in marine adventure films from Queensland'. Screening the Past, 43 .
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Where East-meets-West meets Asianization: aesthetics, regionality and Frank Capra's Lost Horizon
2018
Craven, Allison (2018) 'Where East-meets-West meets Asianization: aesthetics, regionality and Frank Capra's Lost Horizon'. Asian Cinema, 29 (2):175-187. [DOI]
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Craven, Allison (2013) 'Heritage enigmatic: the silence of the dubbed in Jedda and The Irishman'. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 7 (1):23-34. [DOI]
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Craven, Allison (2012) 'Dual occupancy: Melbourne and the feminist drama of dwelling in monkey grip'. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 5 (3):333-342. [DOI]
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Parables of Pacific Shores: Locations, Caves and Coastal Masculinities in Cast Away and Sanctum
2011
Craven, Allison (2011) 'Parables of Pacific Shores: Locations, Caves and Coastal Masculinities in Cast Away and Sanctum'. Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 10 :158-165.
Craven, Allison (2011) 'Period features, heritage cinema: region, gender and race in The Irishman'. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 5 (1):31-42. [DOI]
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The girl with the bush knife: women, adventure and the tropics in Age of Consent and Nim's Island
2010
Craven, Allison; Mann, Christopher (2010) 'The girl with the bush knife: women, adventure and the tropics in Age of Consent and Nim's Island'. Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 9 :1-11.
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Craven, Allison (2010) 'Paradise post-national: landscape, location and senses of place in films set in Queensland'. Metro, (166):108-113.
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Craven, Allison (2008) 'Tropical gothic: radiance revisited'. Etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 7 .
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Goon, Patricia; Craven, Allison (2003) 'Whose debt?: Globalisation and whitefacing in Asia'. Intersections: Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context, 9 .
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Craven, Allison (2002) 'Beauty and the Belles: discourses of feminism and femininity in Disneyland'. European Journal of Women's Studies, 9 (2):123-142. [DOI]
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Craven, Allison (2022) 'Review of “Reality, Magic and Other Lies: Fairy-Tale Film Truths. By Pauline Greenhill.”' Marvels & Tales, 36 (1) :144-146.
Journal Contribution
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Craven, Allison (2021) 'Reflecting on Diving for Depth: reading In Cold Blood for secondary literature students' Words'Worth, 54 (2) :12-14.
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Craven, Allison (2021) 'Book review of Creating Australian Television Drama: a screenwriting history by Susan Lever. North Melbourne, VIC, Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2020. ISBN: 978-1-925984-88-0' Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 21 (2) .
Craven, Allison (2008) 'Women in Disney's Animated Feature Films. Review of Davis, Amy M., Good Girls and Wicked Witches: Women in Disney's
Feature Animation' H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences, :1-3.
Journal Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU
Forbes, Amy; Craven, Allison (2012) 2012 ACEN Conference 'Collaborative Education: Investing in the Future' . In: Campbell, Matthew eds. Rounding the edge(s) of a (torrid) region: designing arts capstone curriculum at JCU Geelong, Victoria,
Conference Publication
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Boulard, Florence; Craven, Allison (2021) 23rd AFMLTA International Languages Conference Disney's Moana: a pedagogical tool for educators to zoom into Pacific languages and cultures Online Event, .
Craven, Allison (2024) 'Margery's Miscellany; or, What All the World Must Allow: Children's Citizenship, Goody Two-Shoes and the Fairy-Tale Public Sphere' In: Craven, Allison (2024) Margery's Miscellany; or, What All the World Must Allow: Children's Citizenship, Goody Two-Shoes and the Fairy-Tale Public Sphere. In: Greenhill, Pauline, and Orme, Jennifer, (eds.) Just Wonder: Shifting Perspectives in Tradition. Utah State University Press, Denver, CO, USA, pp. 217-240(Eds.). Just Wonder: Shifting Perspectives in Tradition. Denver, CO, USA : Utah State University Press.
Book Chapter
ResearchOnline@JCU
Craven, Allison; Sandars, Diana (2024) 'Introduction: Gothic Tides in the Oceanic South-Uncanny Contradictions and Compulsions' In: Craven, Allison, and Sandars, Diana (2024) Introduction: Gothic Tides in the Oceanic South-Uncanny Contradictions and Compulsions. In: Craven, Allison, and Sandars, Diana, (eds.) Gothic in the Oceanic South: Maritime, Marine and Aquatic Uncanny in Southern Waters. Routledge, Abingdon, UK(Eds.). Gothic in the Oceanic South: Maritime, Marine and Aquatic Uncanny in Southern Waters. Abingdon, UK : Routledge. [DOI]
Book Chapter
ResearchOnline@JCU
Craven, Allison (2024) 'Vampire Hydrology and Coastal Australian Cinema: Saturation, Sunlight, and Amphibious Beings' In: Craven, Allison (2024) Vampire Hydrology and Coastal Australian Cinema: Saturation, Sunlight, and Amphibious Beings. In: Craven, Allison, and Sandars, Diana, (eds.) Gothic in the Oceanic South: Maritime, Marine and Aquatic Uncanny in Southern Waters. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 167-185(Eds.). Gothic in the Oceanic South: Maritime, Marine and Aquatic Uncanny in Southern Waters. Abingdon, UK : Routledge. [DOI]
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Craven, Allison (2024) 'Suzy, We Always Knew You' In: Craven, Allison (2024) Suzy, We Always Knew You. In: Brode, Douglas, and Deyneka, Leah, (eds.) Something Wicked. Bloomsbury, New York, NY, USA, pp. 143-156(Eds.). Something Wicked. New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury. [DOI]
Craven, Allison; Balanzategui, Jessica (2023) 'Introduction: Folk Monsters and Monstrous Media: The Im/materialities, Modalities, and Regionalities of Being(s) Monstrous' In: Craven, Allison, and Balanzategui, Jessica (2023) Introduction: Folk Monsters and Monstrous Media: The Im/materialities, Modalities, and Regionalities of Being(s) Monstrous. In: Balanzategui, Jessica, and Craven, Allison, (eds.) Monstrous Beings and Media Cultures: Folk Monsters, Im/materiality, Regionality. Horror and Gothic Media Cultures . Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 11-32(Eds.). Monstrous Beings and Media Cultures: Folk Monsters, Im/materiality, Regionality. Amsterdam, Netherlands : Amsterdam University Press. [DOI]
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Craven, Allison (2023) 'An Uncommon Ancestor: Monstrous Emanations and Australian Tales of the Bunyip' In: Craven, Allison (2023) An Uncommon Ancestor: Monstrous Emanations and Australian Tales of the Bunyip. In: Balanzategui, Jessica, and Craven, Allison, (eds.) Monstrous Beings and Media Cultures: Folk Monsters, Im/materiality, Regionality. Horror and Gothic Media Cultures . Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 217-240(Eds.). Monstrous Beings and Media Cultures: Folk Monsters, Im/materiality, Regionality. Amsterdam, Netherlands : Amsterdam University Press.
Book Chapter
ResearchOnline@JCU
Balanzategui, Jessica; Craven, Allison (2023) 'The Folk Horror “Feeling”: Monstrous Modalities and the Critical Occult' In: Balanzategui, Jessica, and Craven, Allison (2023) The Folk Horror “Feeling”: Monstrous Modalities and the Critical Occult. In: Balanzategui, Jessica, and Craven, Allison, (eds.) Monstrous Beings and Media Cultures: Folk Monsters, Im/materiality, Regionality. Horror and Gothic Media Cultures . Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 241-268(Eds.). Monstrous Beings and Media Cultures: Folk Monsters, Im/materiality, Regionality. Amsterdam, Netherlands : Amsterdam University Press.
Book Chapter
ResearchOnline@JCU
Craven, Allison (2019) 'Terraform and Terra Firma: transnational economies of image, landscape and location in screen production in Queensland' In: Craven, Allison (2019) Terraform and Terra Firma: transnational economies of image, landscape and location in screen production in Queensland. In: Van Luyn, Ariella, and de la Fuente, Eduardo, (eds.) Regional Cultures, Economies and Creativity: innovating through place in Australia and beyond. Routledge Advances in Sociology . Routledge, London, UK, pp. 67-81(Eds.). Regional Cultures, Economies and Creativity: innovating through place in Australia and beyond. London, UK : Routledge.
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ResearchOnline@JCU
Feminism
2018
Craven, Allison (2018) 'Feminism' In: Craven, Allison (2018) Feminism. In: Greenhill, Pauline, Rudy, Jill Terry, Hamer, Naomi, and Bosc, Lauren, (eds.) Routledge Companion to Media and Fairy-Tale Cultures. Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions . Routledge (Taylor & Francis), New York, NY, USA, pp. 65-73(Eds.). Routledge Companion to Media and Fairy-Tale Cultures. New York, NY, USA : Routledge (Taylor & Francis).
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Craven, Allison (2017) 'Abroad: production tracks and narrative trajectories in films about Australians in Asia' In: Craven, Allison (2017) Abroad: production tracks and narrative trajectories in films about Australians in Asia. In: Ryan, Mark David, and Goldsmith, Ben, (eds.) Australian Screen in the 2000s. Palgrave MacMillan, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 99-117(Eds.). Australian Screen in the 2000s. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave MacMillan. [DOI]
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Craven, Allison (2016) 'Upon a dream once more: beauty redacted in Disney's readapted classics' In: Craven, Allison (2016) Upon a dream once more: beauty redacted in Disney's readapted classics. In: Brode, Douglas, and Brode, Shea T., (eds.) Debating Disney: pedagogical perspectives on commercial cinema. Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, MA, USA, pp. 187-197(Eds.). Debating Disney: pedagogical perspectives on commercial cinema. Lanham, MA, USA : Rowman and Littlefield.
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Craven, Allison (2012) 'Esmeralda of Notre-Dame: the gyspy in medieval view from Hugo to Disney' In: Craven, Allison (2012) Esmeralda of Notre-Dame: the gyspy in medieval view from Hugo to Disney. In: Pugh, Tison, and Aronstein, Susan, (eds.) The Disney Middle Ages: A Fairy-Tale and Fantasy Past. The New Middle Ages . Palgrave MacMillan, New York, NY, pp. 225-242(Eds.). The Disney Middle Ages: A Fairy-Tale and Fantasy Past. New York, NY : Palgrave MacMillan.
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Craven, Allison (2005) 'Teaching Children's Literature to Teachers: Lessons in 'Applied Literary Studies'' In: Craven, Allison (2005) Teaching Children's Literature to Teachers: Lessons in 'Applied Literary Studies'. In: Pandian, Ambigapathy, Kabilan, Muhammad Kamarul, and Kaur, Sarjit, (eds.) Teachers, Practices and Supportive Cultures. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Malaysia, pp. 203-209(Eds.). Teachers, Practices and Supportive Cultures. Malaysia : Universiti Putra Malaysia Press.
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Craven, Allison (2017) Fairy Tale Interrupted: feminism, masculinity, wonder cinema. Bern, Switerland: Peter Lang. [DOI]
Book
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Craven, Allison (2016) Finding Queensland in Australian Cinema: poetics and screen geographies. London, UK: Anthem Press.