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Prof David Buchbinder

BA (University of Tel Aviv)

MA (Cornell University)

PhD (Cornell University

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    • Role:
    • Professor
    • Department:
    • Dept of Communication & Cultural Studies
    • Location:
    • Building 208 407
    • Telephone:
    • +61 8 9266 7130

David holds a Personal Chair in Masculinities Studies.  He obtained a PhD in 1973 from Cornell University, in the USA, and commenced working at Curtin University in 1974 (when the University was still known as the Western Australian Institute of Technology).

In addition to both teaching and researching in the field of masculinities studies, David has also regularly taught and researched in the areas of literary and cultural studies. He has published work in masculinities studies, literary theory, drama, poetry, and culture,  and is on the editorial board of the journal Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature, and the international advisory board of Men and Masculinities, and Genre, sexualité et société. He has also contributed to the International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities (Routledge, 2007).

Research Interests

Masculinities Studies

Gender Theory

Literary Theory

Cultural Theory

Research Projects

David is currently writing Studying Men and Masculinities, to be published by Routledge.

Publications

Books (Authored, Research)

  • Buchbinder, D. 1998. Performance anxieties: Re-producing masculinity. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin.

Book Chapters (Authored, Research Quality)

  • Buchbinder, D. 2011. From 'Wizard' to 'Wicked': Adaptation Theory and Young Adult Fiction. In Contemporary Children's Literature and Film: Engaging with Theory, 1 Edition, eds Kerry Mallan and Clare Bradford, 127-146. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Buchbinder, D. 2007. Passing strange: queering whiteness in Joss Whedon's Angel. In Il bianco in questione: White Matters, eds Susan Petrilli, 229-235. Rome, Italy: Meltemi Editori.
  • Buchbinder, D. 2006. "Get 'em off!": striptease and the treacherous male body in The Full Monty. In What A Man's Gotta Do? Masculinities in Performance, eds Adrian Kiernander, Jonathan Bollen and Bruce Parr, 109-119. University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia: Centre for Australian Language, Literature, Theatre and Screen Studies (CALLTS).
  • Buchbinder, D. 2003. 'Past and Future Tense': The Crisis in Masculinity. In Future Imaginings: Sexualities and Genders in the New Millennium, eds Delys Bird, Wendy Were and Terri-ann White, 27-40. Crawley, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press.
  • Buchbinder, D. 2003. Queer Diasporas: Towards a (Re)Reading of Gay History. In Translation Translation, eds Susan Petrilli, 615-632. Netherland: Rodopi.
  • Buchbinder, D, Pearce, S, and Mallan, K. 2003. The Orangutan in the Library: The Comfort of Strangeness in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Novels. In Youth Cultures: Texts, Images, and Identities, eds Kerry Mallan and Sharyn Pearce, 169-182. Westport, Conn., and London: Praeger.
  • Buchbinder, D. 2001. i Quitatelos! Striptease y el cuerpo Traidor en The Full Monty. In Masculino Plural: Construcciones de la masculinidat, eds Sanchez-Palencia, Carolina and Juan Carlos Hidalgo, 131-141. Lleida, Spain: Universitat de Heida Press.
  • Buchbinder, D. 1998. A well-shaped man. In Health Matters: A sociology of illness, prevention and cure, 353-363. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin.

Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals)

  • Buchbinder, D, and McGuire, A. 2010. The Forensic Gothic: Knowledge, the Supernatural, and the Psychic Detective. Canadian Review of American Studies 40(3): 289-307.
  • Buchbinder, D. 2008. Enter the Schlemiel: The Emergence of Inadequate or Incompetent Masculinities in Recent Film and Television. Canadian Review of American Studies 38(2): 227-245.
  • Buchbinder, D, and McGuire, A. 2007. The Backlash Against Relativism: The New Curricular Fundamentalism. The International Journal of the Humanities 5: 51-59.
  • Buchbinder, D. 2004. Object or Ground? The Male Body as Fashion Accessory.. Canadian Review of American Studies 34(3): 221-231.
  • Buchbinder, D. 2001. Queer Diasporas: Towards a (Re-)Reading of Gay History. Athanor: Tra Segni New Ser. no 2., 1999/2000: 159-174.
  • Buchbinder, D. 1998. Gaiety on Tisha B'Av: Sexuality, Subjectivity and Narrative Closure in the Work of Lev Raphael. Canadian Review of American Studies 28(2): 163-176.

Minor Creative Works

  • Buchbinder, D. 2004. Grafting cultures. Western Australia: Curtin University of Technology.