Ben Little
Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies
Department: Media
Contact
- Telephone: 02084114121
- E-mail: b.little@mdx.ac.uk
Qualifications
- MA Cultural Studies, University of Leeds
- BA English Literature, University of Bristol
- PhD, Middlesex University
- PGCertHE, Middlesex University
Research Interests
- Comics and graphic novels
- Critical and cultural theory
- Politics and culture
- Young people and politics
Teaching Interests
Module leader for MCS1000, Issues in Poltics, Media and Culture.
Module leader for PLM3001, Magazines
Programme Leader for Publishing degrees.
Biography
Curriculum/Subject Area
Publishing and Media: Media and Cultural Studies
Publications
Edited books • Ben Little; 2010; Radical Future: Politics for the next generation; Lawrence and Wishart; London; 130 pages
• Clare Coatman, and Guy Shrubsole with Ben Little and Shiv Malik; forthcoming Feb 2012; re:Generation; Lawrence and Wishart; London; approximately 200 pages
Selected articles and chapters in edited books • Ben Little; forthcoming 2012; ‘Forget Markets: It's ownership that matters’ in Clare Coatman et al. re:Generation ; Lawrence and Wishart; London; pages tbc
• Deborah Grayson and Ben Little; 2011; ‘The National in the Network Society: UK Uncut, the English Defence League and the challenge for social democracy.’ in Henning Meyer and Jonathan Rutherford (eds) Building the Good Society: The future of social democracy in Europe Palgrave-Macmillan; London; pages 177-191
• Ben Little; 2010; ‘Networks and the dialectics of generational politics’ in Ben Little (ed.) Radical Future: Politics for the next generation Lawrence and Wishart; London; pages 22-28
• Ben Little; 2010; ‘2000AD: Understanding the “British Invasion” of American Comics’ in Comics a Nexus of Culture(s) ed. Mark Berninger et al; McFarland; London; pages 140-153
• Ben Little; 2009; ‘The Millenium Generation and Politics’ Soundings #42 ed. Johnathan Rutherford; Lawrence and Wishart; London; pages 119-128
• Ben Little; 2009; ‘Constructing the reader’s perspective in V for Vendetta: The John A. Lent Scholarship essay’ in International Journal of Comic Art #41. Drexel Hill; Pennsylvania; pages 183-202
Prizes • John A. Lent Scholarship for Outstanding Research in the Field of Comic Art, International Comics Art Forum, 2008
