Doctor of Philosophy

January 15, 2009 by Tara Brabazon

Tara's Doctor of Philosophy was passed without correction in 1995 and was submitted to Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia. It was titled, "From Revolution to Revelation: a reconfiguring of youth culture in Thatcher's Britain." A record of this thesis is available here.

The three examiners were Professor Andrew Ross, Professor Henry Jenkins and Professor David Birch.

The aim of the thesis was to investigate the application of youth cultural theory to the generation growing up - and through - the 1980s. While popular culture was a particular focus, there was also attention to drug use, homelessness and HIV/AIDs.

Several articles were published from the thesis.

“Brixton’s Aflame: Television History Workshop and the other Battle of Britain,” Limina, Vol. 4, 1998, 49-55

“Disco(urse) Dancing: Reading the Body Politic,” Australian Journal of Communication, Vol. 24, No. 1, 1997, pp. 104-114

“Making it Big: Julie Burchill, Bitch Politics and Writing in Public,” UTS Review, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1997. This piece was also reprinted (by request) in the refereed on-line journal, Australian Humanities Review, June 1997

“No future? Postyouth and the politics of memory,” Youth Studies Australia, Vol. 15, No. 2, June 1996.

“Save Ferris? A guide to Xer media/citizenship,” Metro Education, No. 14, 1998, pp.9-13

“Trace THE FACE: style journalism in the 1980s,” Limina, Vol. 3, 1997, pp. 24-32

“What will you wear to the Revolution? Thatcher’s Genderation and the fashioning of change,” Hecate, Vol. 22, No. 2, 1996, pp. 114-127

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