Media Studies – Sheffield Gender History Journal

Sheffield Gender History Journal

‘So Abraham Took Hagar’: A Children’s Retelling of Abraham

June 2, 2018 Cath Kennedy Articles, Education, Feminism, Media Studies, Religion

Catherine H Kennedy (Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield) Materials for children that retell the Bible in the context of[…]

Read more

It encourages American women to buy War Savings Stamps. Aimed to both finance the U.S war effort and instil patriotism, the stamps were available in issues of 10 cents and 25 cents.

Joan goes to Hollywood: Cecil B. DeMille’s Joan the Woman (1916) as Heritage Melodrama

June 2, 2018 Cath Kennedy Articles, Feminism, Film, Media Studies

Dan Clarke (School of English Literature, University of Sheffield) Joan of Arc is as much an artistic muse as she[…]

Read more