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Nessa Johnston

Dr Nessa Johnston
BA (Hons), MA, PhD

Contact

N.Johnston@liverpool.ac.uk

+44 (0)151 794 2294 Ext. 42294

Publications

Selected publications

  1. The Commitments: Youth, Music, and Authenticity in 1990s Ireland (Book - 2022)
  2. Theorizing “Bad” Sound (Journal article - 2014)
  3. Sounding out cult cinema: the ‘bad’, the ‘weird’and the ‘old’ (Chapter - 2019)
  4. Women in the Irish film industry: Stories and storytellers (Book Review - 2021)
  5. ‘You made me look bad. And that’s not good’: the millennial cultification of<i>Fatal Deviation</i>, Ireland’s only martial arts film (Journal article - 2019)
  6. Sounding Decay in the Digital Age: Audio-Visions of Decasia (2002) and Lyrical Nitrate (1991) (Chapter - 2017)
  7. Feeling the voice: Embodied aural encounters in under the bombs (Philippe Aractingi, 2007) (Chapter - 2017)
  8. Unlearning Film School: The ‘lo-fi’Soundtracks of Joe Swanberg (Chapter - 2016)
  9. The voiceless <i>Acousmêtre</i> (Journal article - 2015)
  10. Themed Playlist: The Scene on Screen (Internet publication - 2021)
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2024

IRISH FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES PUBLICATIONS – 2023

Chambers, C. (n.d.). IRISH FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES PUBLICATIONS – 2023. Estudios Irlandeses, 272-289. doi:10.24162/ei2024-12624

DOI
10.24162/ei2024-12624
Book Review

2023

The Man With the Golden Arm (1955)

Johnston, N., & Drake, P. (2023). The Man With the Golden Arm (1955). In J. Wyatt, & W. Phillips (Eds.), Screening American Independent Film. Routledge.

Chapter

2022

The Commitments: Youth, Music, and Authenticity in 1990s Ireland

Johnston, N. (2022). The Commitments: Youth, Music, and Authenticity in 1990s Ireland. Y. Tzioumakis, & S. Lincoln (Eds.), London: Routledge.

Book

2021

Women in the Irish film industry: Stories and storytellers

Johnston, N. (2021). Women in the Irish film industry: Stories and storytellers. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 41(3), 615-617. doi:10.1080/01439685.2021.1907669

DOI
10.1080/01439685.2021.1907669
Book Review

Themed Playlist: The Scene on Screen

Johnston, N. (2021). Themed Playlist: The Scene on Screen. Retrieved from https://screenculture.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/

Internet publication

2020

Singing, Sonic Authenticity and Stardom in Dancer in the Dark

Johnston, N. (2020). Singing, Sonic Authenticity and Stardom in Dancer in the Dark. In D. Hughes, & M. Evans (Eds.), The Singing Voice in Contemporary Cinema (pp. 20-37). Sheffield: Equinox.

Chapter

2019

Sounding out cult cinema: the ‘bad’, the ‘weird’and the ‘old’

Johnston, N. (2019). Sounding out cult cinema: the ‘bad’, the ‘weird’and the ‘old’. In J. Sexton, & E. Mathijs (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema (pp. 315-324). London and New York: Routledge.

Chapter

‘You made me look bad. And that’s not good’: the millennial cultification of<i>Fatal Deviation</i>, Ireland’s only martial arts film

Johnston, N. (2019). ‘You made me look bad. And that’s not good’: the millennial cultification of<i>Fatal Deviation</i>, Ireland’s only martial arts film. Continuum, 33(6), 692-704. doi:10.1080/10304312.2019.1677982

DOI
10.1080/10304312.2019.1677982
Journal article

2017

Sounding Decay in the Digital Age: Audio-Visions of Decasia (2002) and Lyrical Nitrate (1991)

Johnston, N. (2017). Sounding Decay in the Digital Age: Audio-Visions of Decasia (2002) and Lyrical Nitrate (1991). In H. Rogers, & J. Barham (Eds.), The Music and Sound of Experimental Film (pp. 219-232). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Chapter

Feeling the voice: Embodied aural encounters in under the bombs (Philippe Aractingi, 2007)

Johnston, N. (2017). Feeling the voice: Embodied aural encounters in under the bombs (Philippe Aractingi, 2007). In T. Whittaker, & S. Wright (Eds.), Locating the Voice in Film: Critical Approaches and Global Practices (pp. 191-208). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Chapter

2016

Unlearning Film School: The ‘lo-fi’Soundtracks of Joe Swanberg

Johnston, N. (2016). Unlearning Film School: The ‘lo-fi’Soundtracks of Joe Swanberg. In D. Kulezic-Wilson, & L. Greene (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Sound Design and Music in Screen Media: Integrated Soundtracks (pp. 289-304). London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Chapter

The Magic of the Space: An interview with Niall Brady and Steve Fanagan about <i>Room</i> (2015)

Johnston, N. (2016). The Magic of the Space: An interview with Niall Brady and Steve Fanagan about <i>Room</i> (2015). The New Soundtrack, 6(2), 159-169. doi:10.3366/sound.2016.0089

DOI
10.3366/sound.2016.0089
Journal article

Teorizando o som “ruim”: o que põe o mumble no mumblecore?

Johnston, N. (n.d.). Teorizando o som “ruim”: o que põe o mumble no mumblecore?. Rebeca - Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Cinema e Audiovisual, 5(1). doi:10.22475/rebeca.v5n1.367

DOI
10.22475/rebeca.v5n1.367
Journal article

I will leave you now and this loudspeaker will take my place

Johnston, N., & Kampman, A. (2016). I will leave you now and this loudspeaker will take my place. The New Soundtrack, 6(1), 17-27. doi:10.3366/sound.2016.0080

DOI
10.3366/sound.2016.0080
Journal article

2015

The voiceless <i>Acousmêtre</i>

Johnston, N. (2015). The voiceless <i>Acousmêtre</i>. Music, Sound, and the Moving Image, 9(2), 131-144. doi:10.3828/msmi.2015.9

DOI
10.3828/msmi.2015.9
Journal article

2014

Review of Playing with Sound: A Theory of Interacting with Sound and Music in Video Games by Karen Collins

Johnston, N. (2014). Review of Playing with Sound: A Theory of Interacting with Sound and Music in Video Games by Karen Collins. Music, Sound, and the Moving Image, 8(2), 217-222.

Book Review

Theorizing “Bad” Sound

Johnston, N. (2014). Theorizing “Bad” Sound. The Velvet Light Trap, 74, 67-79. doi:10.7560/vlt7407

DOI
10.7560/vlt7407
Journal article

The Celtic Tiger ‘Unplugged’: DV realism, liveness, and sonic authenticity in Once (2007)

Johnston, N. (2014). The Celtic Tiger ‘Unplugged’: DV realism, liveness, and sonic authenticity in Once (2007). Soundtrack, The, 7(1), 25-38. doi:10.1386/st.7.1.25_1

DOI
10.1386/st.7.1.25_1
Journal article

Review of In The Space Of A Song: The Uses of Song in Film, by Richard Dyer.

Johnston, N. (2014). Review of In The Space Of A Song: The Uses of Song in Film, by Richard Dyer.. Popular Music, 33(1), 182-184.

Book Review

Soundscapes, sound clash

Johnston, N. (2014). Soundscapes, sound clash. NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies, 3(1), 325-332. doi:10.5117/necsus2014.1.john

DOI
10.5117/necsus2014.1.john
Journal article

2012

Beneath sci-fi sound

Johnston, N. (n.d.). Beneath sci-fi sound. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, (3), 49-63. doi:10.33178/alpha.3.04

DOI
10.33178/alpha.3.04
Journal article