Dr Faye Woods
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Associate Professor
- Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
- Exams Officer.
Areas of interest
My research interests focus on both film and television, combining industrial analysis with close textual analysis. My work has a particular focus on youth and female representation in film and television, feminist media studies, streaming platforms, bodies and landscapes, and both UK and US television industries. My recent work includes articles on Netflix's close address in Fleabag and Chewing Gum, and the use of Yorkshire landscapes in Sally Wainwright's television programmes. I am currently working on a monograph on television period drama for Edinburgh University Press.Postgraduate supervision
I would welcome enquiries from prospective postgraduate students on such topics as:
- British and American television drama
- period drama and representation of history
- television industries
- streaming platforms and YouTube
- social media
- youth and female representation in film and television
- musicals.
Teaching
- Introduction to Television (convenor)
- Popular Television Genres
- Film Genre (convenor)
- Millennial Television (convenor)
- Contemporary Documentary
- Advanced Practical Project.
Research centres and groups
- Centre for Television Drama Studies
- Associate Member of Centre for Film Aesthetics and Cultures (CFAC).
Professional bodies/affiliations
- Northern TV Research Group
Publications
- Woods, F. (2022) Period drama. Edinburgh University Press , Edinburgh. pp 187. ISBN: 9781474462815
- Bignell, J. and Woods, F. (2022) An introduction to television studies. 4th edition. Routledge , London. pp 336. ISBN: 9781138665811 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315619675
- Woods, F. (2019) Wainwright’s West Yorkshire: affect and landscape in the television drama of Sally Wainwright. Journal of British Cinema and Television , 16 (3). pp. 346-366. ISSN: 1755-1714 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2019.0481
- Woods, F. (2019) Too close for comfort: direct address and the affective pull of the confessional comic woman in Chewing Gum and Fleabag. Communication, Culture and Critique , 12 (2). pp. 194-212. ISSN: 1753-9129 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcz014
- Petruska, K. and Woods, F. (2019) Traveling without a passport: ‘Original’ streaming content in the transatlantic distribution ecosystem. In: Hilmes, M. , Hills, M. , Pearson, R. , (eds.) Transatlantic Television Drama: Industries, Programs and Fans. Oxford University Press pp. 49-68. ISBN: 9780190663124 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190663124.003.0004
- Woods, F. (2018) Youth television and platform neutral public service broadcasting. In: Johnson, D. , (eds.) From Networks to Netflix: : A Guide to Changing Channels. Routledge , Abingdon, UK. pp. 297-307. ISBN: 9781138998490
- Woods, F. (2017) Streaming British youth television: online BBC Three as a transitional mome. Cinema Journal , 57 (1). pp. 140-146. ISSN: 1527-2087 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cj.2017.0065
- Woods, F. (2016) British youth television: transnational teens, industry, genre. Palgrave , London. pp 267. ISBN: 9781137445476
- Woods, F. (2016) My generation(s): cycles, branding and renewal in E4’s 'Skins'. In: Klein, A. and Palmer, R. , (eds.) Cycles, Sequels, Remakes and Reboots: Multiplicities in Film & Television. University of Texas Press , Austin, Texas. pp. 240-259. ISBN: 9781477309001
- Woods, F. (2016) Space, authenticity and utopia in the hip-hop teen dance film. In: Evans, M. and Fogarty, M. , (eds.) Movies, Moves and Music: The Sonic World of Dance Films. Genre, Music and Sound Equinox , Sheffield. pp 18. ISBN: 9781845539580
- Woods, F. (2015) Telefantasy tower blocks: space, place and social realism shake-ups in Misfits. Journal of British Cinema and Television , 12 (2). pp. 229-244. ISSN: 1755-1714 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2015.0259
- Woods, F. (2015) Girls talk: authorship and authenticity in the reception of Lena Dunham's Girls. Critical Studies in Television , 10 (2). pp. 37-54. ISSN: 1749-6020 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.7227/CST.10.2.4
- Woods, F. (2014) Classed femininity, performativity, and camp in British structured reality programming. Television and New Media , 15 (3). pp. 197-214. ISSN: 1552-8316 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1527476412462246
- Rolinson, D. and Woods, F. (2013) Is This England '86 and '88? Memory, haunting and return through television seriality. In: Fradley, M. , Godfrey, S. , Williams, M. , (eds.) Shane Meadows: Critical Essays. Edinburgh University Press , Edinburgh. pp. 186-202. ISBN: 9780748676392
- Woods, F. (2013) Storytelling in song: television music, narrative and allusion in 'The O.C.'. In: Jacobs, J. and Peacock, S. , (eds.) Television Aesthetics and Style. Bloomsbury , London. pp. 199-208. ISBN: 9781441157515
- Woods, F. (2013) Clare Balding: the televisual face of London 2012. Journal of Popular Television , 1 (1). pp. 137-141. ISSN: 2046-9861 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jptv.1.1.137_1
- Woods, F. (2013) Teen TV meets T4: assimilating 'The O.C.' into British youth television. Critical Studies in Television , 8 (1). pp. 14-35. ISSN: 1749-6020 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.7227/CST.8.1.4
- Woods, F. (2008) Generation gap? mother, daughters, and music. In: Calvin, R. , (eds.) Gilmore girls and the politics of identity : essays on family and feminism in the television series. McFarland , Jefferson, North Carolina. pp. 127-143. ISBN: 9780786437276
- Woods, F. (2008) Nostalgia, music and the television past revisited in American dreams. Music Sound and the Moving Image , 2 (1). pp. 27-50. ISSN: 1753-0776 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/msm.0.0028