Christiana Spens
Christiana Spens is a writer, academic and artist.
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| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English |
| Education | Madras College, University of Cambridge, University of St. Andrews |
Biography
She was educated at Madras College and the University of Cambridge,[1] in Philosophy, followed by the University of St. Andrews for her doctorate.[2] She is the author of Shooting Hipsters: Rethinking Dissent in the Age of PR (Repeater Books, 2017) and The Portrayal and Punishment of Terrorists in Western Media (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), several novels and a graphic novel. Her academic work looks at terrorism, ritual, visuality and neo-Orientalism. She has written for Art Quarterly, Elephant Magazine, Prospect Magazine, Studio International and The Quietus on art, literature and politics. She is part of the Truth Tellers Collective, a group that analyses and creates artistic responses to political events, based at Kings College London. [3]
Publications
- The wrecking ball : a novel, 2008
- The socialite manifesto, 2009
- Death of a ladies' man, 2013
- The drone age, 2014
- Shooting hipsters : rethinking dissent in the age of PR, 2016
- Playing the villain : understanding the punishment and portrayal of terrorists, 2017
- The portrayal and punishment of terrorists in Western media : playing the villain, 2018
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