Professor Will Brooker
Faculties, deparments 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 Ji8¸£ÀûÍø 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
Never-ending watchmen : adaptations, sequels, prequels and remixes
Brooker, Will (2023). London, U.K.: (Bloomsbury)
The truth about Lisa Jewell
Brooker, Will (2022). London, U.K.: (Penguin)
Why Bowie matters
Brooker, Will (2019). London: (William Collins)
Forever Stardust : David Bowie across the Universe
Brooker, Will (2017). London, U.K.: (I B Tauris)
Many more lives of The Batman
(2015). London, U.K.: (British Film Institute)
Hunting the Dark Knight: Batman in Twenty-first Century Popular Culture
Brooker, Will (2012). London, U.K.: (I.B. Tauris)
Star Wars
Brooker, Will (2009). Basingstoke, U.K.: (Palgrave Macmillan)
Alice's adventures: Lewis Carroll in popular culture
Brooker, Will (2004). New York; London: (Continuum)
The Blade Runner experience: the legacy of a science fiction classic
(2004). London, U.K.: (Wallflower Press)
The audience studies reader
(2003). Abingdon, U.K.: (Routledge)
Using the force: creativity, community and Star Wars fans
Brooker, Will (2002). New York, U.S.: (Continuum)
Batman unmasked: analyzing a cultural icon
Brooker, Will (2001). London, U.K.: (Continuum)
Filling in the gaps : creative imagination and nostalgia in ZX Spectrum gaming
Brooker, Will, 2021, Participations : Journal of Audience and Reception Studies (18), 2, pp 3-43
Alice's evidence : examining the cultural afterlife of Lewis Carroll in 1932
Brooker, Will, 2016, Cultural History (5), 1, pp 1-25
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, 2,059, pp 44-45
Hero of the beach: Flex Mentallo at the end of the worlds
Brooker, Will, 2011, (2), 1, pp 25-37
'Now you're thinking with portals': media training for a digital environment
Brooker, Will, 2010, International Journal of Cultural Studies (13), 6, pp 553-573
All our variant futures: the many narratives of Blade runner: the final cut
Brooker, Will, 2009, Popular Communication (7), 2, pp 79-91
Camera-eye, CG-eye: videogames and the 'cinematic'
Brooker, Will, 2009, Cinema Journal (48), 3, pp 122-128
Maps of many worlds: remembering computer game fandom in the 1980s
Brooker, Will, 2009, Transformative Works and Cultures (2)
Book review of 'A short history of cultural studies' by John Hartley
Brooker, Will, 2005, International Journal of Cultural Studies (8), 1, pp 122-125
"It is love": the Lewis Carroll Society as fan community
Brooker, Will, 2005, American Behavioral Scientist (48), 7, pp 859-880
Book review of 'Matters of gravity: special effects and supermen in the 20th century' by Scott Bukatman
Brooker, Will, 2004, Popular Communication (2), 3, pp 171-177
Film Review of: A galaxy far away, directed by Tariq Jalil
Brooker, Will, 2003, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts (14), 1, pp 102-105
Living on Dawson's Creek: teen viewers, cultural convergence and television overflow
Brooker, Will, 2001, International Journal of Cultural Studies (4), 4, pp 456-472
Readings of racism: interpretation, stereotyping and The Phantom Menace
Brooker, Will, 2001, Continuum: journal of media and cultural studies (15), 1, pp 15-32
Book review of 'Inside subculture: the postmodern meaning of style' by David Muggleton
Brooker, Will, 2001, International Journal of Cultural Studies (4), 1, pp 111-127
Mementos of the afternoon : Christopher Nolan's ambiguous debt to Maya Deren
Brooker, Will (2023). In: Parkinson, Claire, (eds.) and Labrouillère, Isabelle, (eds.), A critical companion to Christopher Nolan. Lanham. U.S.: Lexington Books, pp 213-228
'The world is built on a wall' : deconstructing 'Blade Runner 2049' (2017)
Brooker, Will (2022). In: McSweeney, Terence, (eds.) and Joy, Stuart, (eds.), Contemporary American science fiction film. Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge, pp 160-176
Batgirl : continuity, crisis and feminism
Brooker, Will (2015). In: Pearson, Roberta, (eds.), Uricchio, William, (eds.) and Brooker, Will, (eds.), Many more lives of the Batman. London, U.K.: British Film Institute, pp 134-152
Building a better kickstarter: crowdfunding my so-called secret identity
Brooker, Will (2015). In: Bennett, Lucy, (eds.), Chin, Bertha, (eds.) and Jones, Bethan, (eds.), Crowdfunding the future: media industries, ethics, and digital society. New York, U.S.: Peter Lang, pp 233-238
Fifth-dimensional Batman : an interview with Grant Morrison
Brooker, Will (2015). In: Pearson, Roberta, (eds.), Uricchio, William, (eds.) and Brooker, Will, (eds.), Many more lives of the Batman. London, U.K.: British Film Institute, pp 43-52
Introduction : revisiting the Batman
Pearson, Roberta, Uricchio, William and Brooker, Will (2015). In: Pearson, Roberta, (eds.), Uricchio, William, (eds.) and Brooker, Will, (eds.), Many more lives of the Batman. London, U.K.: British Film Institute, pp 1-10
Time again : the David Bowie chronotope
Brooker, Will (2015). In: Cinque, Toija, (eds.), Moore, Christopher, (eds.) and Redmond, Sean, (eds.), Enchanting David Bowie : space time body memory. London, U.K.: Bloomsbury Academic, pp 87-102
Going pro: gendered responses to the incorporation of fan labour as user-generated content
Brooker, Will (2014). In: Mann, Denise, (ed.), Wired TV: laboring over an interactive future. New Brunswick, U.S.: Rutgers University Press, pp 72-97
Talking to the TARDIS: Doctor Who, Neil Gaiman and cultural mythology
Brooker, Will (2013). In: Mellor, David, (eds.) and Hills, Matt, (eds.), New dimensions of ‘Doctor Who’: exploring space, time and television. London, U.K.: I.B.Tauris
Television out of time: watching cult shows on download
Brooker, Will (2009). In: Pearson, Roberta, (ed.), Reading Lost: perspectives on a hit television show. London, U.K.: I. B. Tauris, pp 51-72
A sort of homecoming: fan viewing and symbolic pilgrimage
Brooker, Will (2007). In: Gray, Jonathan, (eds.), Sandvoss, Cornel, (eds.) and Harrington, C. Lee, (eds.), Fandom: identities and communities in a mediated world. New York, U.S.: New York University Press, pp 149-164
The best Batman story: The dark knight returns
Brooker, Will (2006). In: McKee, Alan, (ed.), Beautiful things in popular culture. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, pp 33-48
The Blade Runner experience: pilgrimage and liminal space
Brooker, Will (2004). In: Brooker, Will, (ed.), The Blade Runner experience: the legacy of a science fiction classic. London, UK: Wallflower Press, pp 11-30
Introduction: 2019 vision
Brooker, Will (2004). In: Brooker, Will, (ed.), The Blade Runner experience: the legacy of a science fiction classic. London, UK: Wallflower Press, pp 1-10
Living on Dawson's Creek: teen viewers, cultural convergence, and television overflow
Brooker, Will (2004). In: Allen, Robert C., (eds.) and Hill, Annette, (eds.), The television studies reader. Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge, pp 569-580
New hope: the postmodern project of Star Wars
Brooker, Will (2004). In: Redmond, Sean, (ed.), Liquid metal: the science fiction film reader. London, U.K.: Wallflower, pp 298-307
Conclusion: overflow and audience
Brooker, Will (2003). In: Brooker, Will, (eds.) and Jermyn, Deborah, (eds.), The audience studies reader. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp 322-334
Rescuing Strange days: fan reaction to a critical and commercial failure
Brooker, Will (2003). In: Jermyn, Deborah, (eds.) and Redmond, Sean, (eds.), The cinema of Kathryn Bigelow: Hollywood transgressor. London, U.K.: Wallflower, pp 198-219
Book Review of 'Straight reading, resistance, reappropriation, and heterosexuality' by Richard Bradshaw
Brooker, Will (2002). In: Hague, Angela, (eds.) and Lavery, David, (eds.), Teleparody: predicting/ preventing the tv discourse of tomorrow. London, U.K.: Wallflower, pp 123-126
Time again : narrative, history and identity in the work of David Bowie
Brooker, Will(2015). In: The Stardom and Celebrity of David Bowie, 17-18 Jul 2015 :Melbourne, Australia