Neal King

NEAL KING

Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies

JOINED VPI& SU: 2002

CURRENT PROJECTS: I study the ways in which people make use of violence and inequality. Using various data, from public commentaries and survey data to the content of film genres, I show how filmmakers use media violence to advance their careers; evangelical Christians use it to draw moral lines; young men use sexual violence to bond with each other affirm their authority and status over their victims; and rape educators use media violence to undermine that male power. Finally, I and Toni Calasanti research expressions of ageism and agency in popular and academic culture.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor's (1987)	University of California at Santa Barbara
Master's (1990)
Doctorate (1996)

CURRENT TEACHING INTERESTS:

Popular Culture
Media Violence
Sexual Violence
Social Inequality
Social Theory
Religion

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Subcultural uses of media violence
Film genres
Sexual violence
Whiteness and political opinion

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Dissertation Award Committee, Society for Cinema and Media Studies, 2005
Member, editorial board, Gender & Society, 2004-

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Books

Martha McCaughey and Neal King (Eds.). Reel Knockouts: Violent Women in the Movies. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2001.

Neal King. Heroes in Hard Times: Cop Action Movies in the U.S. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1999.

Articles and Chapters

Neal King and Toni Calasanti. “Aging agents: Scholarly imputations of empowerment.” International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Spring 2008.

Neal King. “Feelings and Fire Fights: Gendered performance in cop action climaxes,” American Movie Masculinity, edited by Tim Shary, SUNY Press. Forthcoming.

Neal King. “Generic womanhood: Gendered depictions in Hollywood’s cop action cinema,” Gender & Society 22, 1 (forthcoming: 2008).

Neal King. “Mediated Ritual on Academic Ground,” Fast Capitalism, 3, 1(2007): http://www.uta.edu/huma/agger/fastcapitalism/3_1/king.html.

Toni M. Calasanti & Neal King. “‘Beware of the Estrogen Assault’: Ideals of Old Manhood in Anti-aging Advertisements” Journal of Aging Studies, 21, 4(2007)

Toni M. Calasanti & Neal King. “Taking ‘Women’s Work’ ‘Like a Man’: Husbands’ Experiences of Care Work,” The Gerontologist, 47, 4(2007): 516-27.

Neal King. “The Lengthening List: Age relations in political economy.” In Toni Calasanti & Kathleen Slevin, eds., Age Matters: Re-aligning Feminist Thinking. NY: Routledge. 2006.

Neal King and Toni Calasanti. “Empowering the Old: Age relations and anti-aging in a global context.” In Jan Baars, Chris Phillipson, Dale Dannefer, and Alan Walker, eds., Aging, Globalisation and Inequality: The New Critical Gerontology. NY: Baywood. Forthcoming, 2005.

Toni M. Calasanti and Neal King. “Firming the Floppy Penis: Old Men, age relations, and popular culture,” Men and Masculinities, 8, 1(2005): 3-23.

Neal King. “Dead-End Days: The sacrifice of displaced workers on film,” Journal of Film and Video 56, 2(2004): 32-44.

Neal King. “Truth At Last: Evangelical communities embrace The Passion of The Christ.” In S. Brent Plate, ed., Re-Viewing the Passion: Mel Gibson’s Film and Its Critics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, 187-201.

Neal King. “Knowing Women: Straight men and sexual certainty,” Gender & Society 17, 6(2003): 861-77.

Neal King. “Brownskirts: Fascism, Christianity, and the eternal demon.” In James South, ed., Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy. New York: Open Court Press, 2003, 197-211.

Neal King. “Date Rape.” In Clifton Bryant, ed., Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior. New York: Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2000, 289-91.

Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
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