Online Book Launch – Taylor Swift: Culture, Capital, & Critique

Name: Online Book Launch – Taylor Swift: Culture, Capital, & Critique
Start: 2025-08-07T04:00:00-0400
End: 2025-08-07T05:00:00-0400

Thu, 7 Aug, 4am - 5am EDT

Online Event

Hannah McCann, Eloise Faichney, Rebecca Trelease, & Emma Whatman

6 followers · Contact host

Event description

Join us for the online book launch of Taylor Swift: Culture, Capital, & Critique.

This edited collection sees experts across a wide range of academic fields turn their attention to all things Taylor Swift. From looking at how being part of Swift's fandom helps fans gain skills for other areas of their life, to Swift's inspiration for drag persona Taylor Sheesh in the Philippines, to whether Swift's lyrics suggest she endorses the use of public transport, this book covers it all. The chapters in the collection do not necessarily look at Swift the individual person, but rather, Swift the phenomenon.

The event will be hosted by one of the book's editors, Rebecca Trelease (Auckland University of Technology), with words from Lisa Perrott (University of Waikato), and readings from several chapter authors:

Aimee-Sophia Lim on Taylor Swift’s Influence on Southeast Asian Swifties’ Socio-political Activism
Allison Anne Atis on Taylor (Sheesh)’s Version: Recreating and Co-creating Taylor Swift through Filipino Drag and Fandom Participation
Andrew Reeves on What Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Can Teach Us about Cyberattacks

Free, but bookings are essential.

Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity

Hostinformation

Hannah McCann, Eloise Faichney, Rebecca Trelease, & Emma Whatman

6 followers

Contact host

View profile

Hannah McCann is a senior lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Hannah’s academic work sits within the field of Critical Femininity Studies, with research on topics including queer femininities, beauty culture, and queer fandom. She is the author of Queering Femininity: Sexuality, Feminism and the Politics of Presentation (Routledge) and co-author of Queer Theory Now: From Foundations to Futures (available via Bloomsbury).

Eloise Faichney is a lecturer at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Eloise’s research interrogates historical, digital, and popular culture life narratives; creative writing across digital platforms; and critical digital pedagogies. She is currently working on a novel about the volatile friendship of 20th-century authors, Naomi Mitchison and Doris Lessing.

Rebecca Trelease is a senior lecturer at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT), New Zealand. Her research examines the reality television genre through the lens of taste and class. Rebecca is the 2024 designer of the Taylor Swift: Communications Professional accredited course at AUT.

Emma Whatman is an early career researcher, lecturer, and writer from Melbourne, Australia. Emma’s research explores contemporary feminism and feminist history, young people’s cultures, and sex education. She works as a research fellow and sessional lecturer at Deakin University and the University of Melbourne.

Thu, 7 Aug, 4am - 5am EDT

Online Event

Hosted by Hannah McCann, Eloise Faichney, Rebecca Trelease, & Emma Whatman