Yvonne Tasker is a British author and professor of media and communication in the School of Media and Communication at the

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. Tasker was previously professor of film studies and dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at

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Author

Tasker is a scholar in the field of film studies, gender and the media, and the politics of popular culture. She is the author of a number of books which have made a contribution to the field of film studies including ''Spectacular Bodies'', ''Working Girls'' and ''The Hollywood Action and Adventure Film''. Tasker also co-wrote, with Diane Negra, ''Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture'' (Duke University Press, 2007), a foundational text of postfeminism and popular culture. Tasker completed her PhD in Film Studies at the University of Warwick.

Research

Her current research includes the

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funded project ''Jill Craigie: Film Pioneer'' that explores the career of documentary maker

Jill Craigie Jill Craigie (born Noreen Jean Craigie; 7 March 1911 – 13 December 1999) was a British documentary filmmaker, screenwriter and feminist. She was one of Britain's earliest female documentary makers. Her early films demonstrate Craigie's intere ...

. The project works in partnership with Lizzie Thynne (University of Sussex) and Sadie Wearing (London School of Economics) and will create an experimental film biography of Craigie and a co-authored book.

References

Living people Academics of the University of Leeds 21st-century British women writers British university and college faculty deans 1964 births Academics of the University of East Anglia 21st-century British writers 20th-century British women writers 20th-century British writers Alumni of the University of Warwick {{England-academic-stub