Philip Hayward is editor of the Island Studies journal Shima and holds adjunct professor positions at the University of Technology Sydney and at Southern Cross University (Australia). He has previously published books on topics such as horror cinema and cultural heritage in the Pacific. He is also a member of audio-visual ensemble The Moviolas and was co-curator of an exhibition entitled Making a Splash: Mermaids and Modernity being held at Sydney¿s Macquarie University Art Gallery in mid-2017 to accompany the launch of this volume.
Philip Hayward is editor of the Island Studies journal Shima and holds adjunct professor positions at the University of Technology Sydney and at Southern Cross University (Australia). He has previously published books on topics such as horror cinema and cultural heritage in the Pacific. He is also a member of audio-visual ensemble The Moviolas and was co-curator of an exhibition entitled Making a Splash: Mermaids and Modernity being held at Sydney¿s Macquarie University Art Gallery in mid-2017 to accompany the launch of this volume.
Philip Hayward is editor of the Island Studies journal Shima and holds adjunct professor positions at the University of Technology Sydney and at Southern Cross University (Australia). He has previously published books on topics such as horror cinema and cultural heritage in the Pacific. He is also a member of audio-visual ensemble The Moviolas and was co-curator of an exhibition entitled Making a Splash: Mermaids and Modernity being held at Sydney's Macquarie University Art Gallery in mid-2017 to accompany the launch of this volume.
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Introduction: Tails, Tresses and Elusive Otherness
Chapter 1 - Becoming Ariel, Becoming Ursula: Hans Christian Andersen's 'Den lille Havfrue' and its Disneynification
Chapter 2 - Flauntation and Fascination: The Alluring Mermaid and her Charms
Chapter 3 - Sonic Seduction: Mermaid Vocality and its Expression in Screen Soundtracks (co-authored with Jon Fitzgerald)
Chapter 4 - Making Out: Sexuality and the Transformative Mermaid
Chapter 5 - Channeling the Anima: Inspirational Folklore in The Mermaid Chair
Chapter 6 - "Mermaid-like a while": Juvenile Mermaids and Aficionado Culture
