Professor Will Brooker
Faculties, departments and locations
- Kingston School of Art
- Department of Critical and Historical Studies
- School of Creative and Cultural Industries
- Penrhyn Road
Professor of Film and Cultural Studies
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
I joined Kingston University in 2005 and was head of the Film Department for four years, followed by four years as the Director of Research in Film.
I became Professor of Film and Cultural Studies in 2013.
Qualifications
- BA (Hons) Film and English, University of East Anglia
- Postgraduate Diploma, Filmmaking, Goldsmiths College
- MA Film and Television, University of Westminster
- PhD Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
Domains
I teach primarily on the BA Hons in Film Cultures, the BA Hons in Media and Communication, and the two MA programmes in Film and Media. I deliver guest lectures across the Faculty and supervise PhD students.
Courses taught
My research explores the changing meanings of cultural icons across different historical and cultural contexts, and my books include Batman Unmasked, Using the Force, Alice's Adventures, The Audience Studies Reader, The Blade Runner Experience, the BFI volume on Star Wars, Hunting the Dark Knight, Why Bowie Matters and Forever Stardust: David Bowie Across The Universe. My next book is The Truth About Lisa Jewell.
Specialisms
- Cultural history and cultural icons
- Film history and analysis
- Audience interpretations
- Fan studies
- Comics and superheroes
Publications
Filling in the gaps: creative imagination and nostalgia in ZX Spectrum gaming
Brooker, Will, 2021, Participations : Journal of Audience and Reception Studies (18), 2pp 3-43, Published
Alice's evidence: examining the cultural afterlife of Lewis Carroll in 1932
Brooker, Will, 2016, Cultural History (5), 1pp 1-25, Published
Cloaked in shadow: an anti-hero for our times. Film review of: 'The Dark Knight rises' directed by Christopher Nolan
Brooker, Will, 2012, Times Higher Education, 2,059pp 44-45, Published
Hero of the beach: Flex Mentallo at the end of the worlds
Brooker, Will, 2011, Communication Education (2), 1pp 25-37, Published
'Now you're thinking with portals': media training for a digital environment
Brooker, Will, 2010, International Journal of Cultural Studies (13), 6pp 553-573, Published
All our variant futures: the many narratives of Blade runner: the final cut
Brooker, Will, 2009, Popular Communication (7), 2pp 79-91, Published
Camera-eye, CG-eye: videogames and the 'cinematic'
Brooker, Will, 2009, Cinema Journal (48), 3pp 122-128, Published
Maps of many worlds: remembering computer game fandom in the 1980s
Brooker, Will, 2009, Transformative Works and Cultures (2), Published
Book review of 'A short history of cultural studies' by John Hartley
Brooker, Will, 2005, International Journal of Cultural Studies (8), 1pp 122-125, Published
"It is love": the Lewis Carroll Society as fan community
Brooker, Will, 2005, American Behavioral Scientist (48), 7pp 859-880, Published
Book review of 'Matters of gravity: special effects and supermen in the 20th century' by Scott Bukatman
Brooker, Will, 2004, Popular Communication (2), 3pp 171-177, Published
Film Review of: A galaxy far away, directed by Tariq Jalil
Brooker, Will, 2003, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts (14), 1pp 102-105, Published
Living on Dawson's Creek: teen viewers, cultural convergence and television overflow
Brooker, Will, 2001, International Journal of Cultural Studies (4), 4pp 456-472, Published
Readings of racism: interpretation, stereotyping and The Phantom Menace
Brooker, Will, 2001, Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies (15), 1pp 15-32, Published
Book review of 'Inside subculture: the postmodern meaning of style' by David Muggleton
Brooker, Will, 2001, International Journal of Cultural Studies (4), 1pp 111-127, Published
Never-ending watchmen: adaptations, sequels, prequels and remixes
Brooker, Will (2023). London, U.K.: [Published]
The truth about Lisa Jewell
Brooker, Will (2022). London, U.K.: [Published]
Why Bowie matters
Brooker, Will (2019). London: [Published]
Forever Stardust: David Bowie across the Universe
Brooker, Will (2017). London, U.K.: [Published]
Many more lives of The Batman
(2015). London, U.K.: [Published]
Hunting the Dark Knight: Batman in Twenty-first Century Popular Culture
Brooker, Will (2012). London, U.K.: [Published]
Star Wars
Brooker, Will (2009). Basingstoke, U.K.: (Palgrave Macmillan) [Published]
Alice's adventures: Lewis Carroll in popular culture
Brooker, Will (2004). New York; London: [Published]
The Blade Runner experience: the legacy of a science fiction classic
(2004). London, U.K.: [Published]
The audience studies reader
(2003). Abingdon, U.K.: [Published]
Using the force: creativity, community and Star Wars fans
Brooker, Will (2002). New York, U.S.: [Published]
Batman unmasked: analyzing a cultural icon
Brooker, Will (2001). London, U.K.: [Published]
Mementos of the afternoon: Christopher Nolan's ambiguous debt to Maya Deren
Brooker, Will (2023). In: Parkinson, Claire, Labrouillère, Isabelle, (eds.), Lanham. U.S.:pp 213-228 [Published]
'The world is built on a wall': deconstructing 'Blade Runner 2049' (2017)
Brooker, Will (2022). In: McSweeney, Terence, Joy, Stuart, (eds.), Abingdon, U.K.:pp 160-176 [Published]
Batgirl: continuity, crisis and feminism
Brooker, Will (2015). In: Pearson, Roberta, Uricchio, William, Brooker, Will, (eds.), London, U.K.:pp 134-152 [Published]
Building a better kickstarter: crowdfunding my so-called secret identity
Brooker, Will (2015). In: Bennett, Lucy, Chin, Bertha, Jones, Bethan, (eds.), New York, U.S.: Peter Langpp 233-238 [Published]
Fifth-dimensional Batman: an interview with Grant Morrison
Brooker, Will (2015). In: Pearson, Roberta, Uricchio, William, Brooker, Will, (eds.), London, U.K.:pp 43-52 [Published]
Introduction: revisiting the Batman
Pearson, Roberta, Uricchio, William and Brooker, Will (2015). In: Pearson, Roberta, Uricchio, William, Brooker, Will, (eds.), London, U.K.:pp 1-10 [Published]
Time again: the David Bowie chronotope
Brooker, Will (2015). In: Cinque, Toija, Moore, Christopher, Redmond, Sean, (eds.), London, U.K.:pp 87-102 [Published]
Going pro: gendered responses to the incorporation of fan labour as user-generated content
Brooker, Will (2014). In: Mann, Denise, (eds.), New Brunswick, U.S.:pp 72-97 [Published]
Talking to the TARDIS: Doctor Who, Neil Gaiman and cultural mythology
Brooker, Will (2013). In: Mellor, David, Hills, Matt, (eds.), London, U.K.: I.B.Tauris [Published]
Television out of time: watching cult shows on download
Brooker, Will (2009). In: Pearson, Roberta, (eds.), London, U.K.:pp 51-72 [Published]
A sort of homecoming: fan viewing and symbolic pilgrimage
Brooker, Will (2007). In: Gray, Jonathan, Sandvoss, Cornel, Harrington, C. Lee, (eds.), New York, U.S.:pp 149-164 [Published]
The best Batman story: The dark knight returns
Brooker, Will (2006). In: McKee, Alan, (eds.), Oxford, UK:pp 33-48 [Published]
Introduction: 2019 vision
Brooker, Will (2004). In: Brooker, Will, (eds.), London, UK:pp 1-10 [Published]
Living on Dawson's Creek: teen viewers, cultural convergence, and television overflow
Brooker, Will (2004). In: Allen, Robert C., Hill, Annette, (eds.), Abingdon, U.K.:pp 569-580 [Published]
New hope: the postmodern project of Star Wars
Brooker, Will (2004). In: Redmond, Sean, (eds.), London, U.K.:pp 298-307 [Published]
The Blade Runner experience: pilgrimage and liminal space
Brooker, Will (2004). In: Brooker, Will, (eds.), London, UK:pp 11-30 [Published]
Conclusion: overflow and audience
Brooker, Will (2003). In: Brooker, Will, Jermyn, Deborah, (eds.), Abingdon, UK:pp 322-334 [Published]
Rescuing Strange days: fan reaction to a critical and commercial failure
Brooker, Will (2003). In: Jermyn, Deborah, Redmond, Sean, (eds.), London, U.K.:pp 198-219 [Published]
Book Review of 'Straight reading, resistance, reappropriation, and heterosexuality' by Richard Bradshaw
Brooker, Will (2002). In: Hague, Angela, Lavery, David, (eds.), London, U.K.:pp 123-126 [Published]
Time again: narrative, history and identity in the work of David Bowie
Brooker, Will(2015). [Published]