School of Creative Arts, Film and Media (SCAFM)

I am currently working on my AHRC-funded (open-competition studentship) doctoral research project on the social and cultural history of black Britain in 1970s television and film.  My thesis aims to uncover ‘lost voices’, using extensive archival research and oral testimony.

Current Research

PhD Thesis^{[Back to top]}

Shaw, S. (In preparation). ‘But Where on Earth is Home?’ – A Social and Cultural History of Black Britain in 1970s Film and Television.  Portsmouth: University of Portsmouth.

Publications

Journal Articles^{[Back to top]}

Shaw, S. (2012). A ‘country boy’ migrates to Brixton – re-examining agency, identity and memory in and through Black Joy.  Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture, 3 (2), 271-282.

Shaw, S. (2012). ‘Light Entertainment as Contested Socio-political Space:  Audience and Institutional Responses to Love Thy Neighbour.  Critical Studies in Television, 7 (1), 64-78.

Book Chapters^{[Back to top]}

Shaw, S. (2012).  ‘Picking up the Tab’ for the Whole Black Community?: Industrial, Social and Institutional Challenges as Exemplified in Babylon.  In S. Harper and J. Smith (Eds.), British Film Culture in the 1970s – The Boundaries of Pleasure (pp.75-84).  Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press Ltd.