Faculty - Publications by Christopher R. Smit

Books:

Screening Disability: Essays on Cinema and Disability. Eds. Christopher R. Smit and Anthony Enns. Philadelphia, PA: University Press of America, 2001.

Articles:

“A Collaborative Aesthetic: Lévinas’ Idea of Responsibility and the Photographs of Charles Eisenmann and the Late 19th Century Freak-Performer.” Victorian Freaks. Ed. Marlena Tromp. (publication forthcoming)

“Disabled Identity in Academia: An Autoethnographic Essay.” Illness in the Academy. Ed. Kimberly Myers. (publication forthcoming)

“Fascination and Hospitality: Issues and Implications of Internet Interactions.” Web Studies (2nd edition). Ed. David Gauntlet. London and New York: Arnold and Oxford Press, 2004. (publication forthcoming).

“Please Call Now, Before it’s too Late: Spectacle Discourse in the Jerry Lewis Telethon.” The Journal of Popular Culture (Vol. 36 Issue 4), 2003; 687-703.

"Reconstructing the King: Death Narratives of Elvis Presley in the 1980s." Ordinary Reactions to Extraordinary Events. Ed. Ray B. Browne and Arthur G. Neal. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 2001.

“Columbine: An Exploration of the Hyperreal in Televisual Chaos.” Ordinary Reactions to Extraordinary Events. Ed. Ray B. Browne and Arthur G. Neal. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 2001.

"Fascination and the Modern Allure of the Internet." Web Studies: Re-wiring Media Studies for the Digital Age. Ed. David Gauntlet. London and New York: Arnold and Oxford Press, 2000.

"Notes on SCREENING DISABILITY: A Conference on Film and Disability (March 26-28, 1999, University of Iowa)." Disability Studies Quarterly 19.3 (Summer 1999): 179-183.

"The Creation and Corruption of Diversity in MTV's The Real World" (with Anthony Enns). Studies in Popular Culture 22.1 (1999): 15-26.