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Biography
Professor Imelda Whelehan has published widely in the areas of feminism, adaptation studies, popular culture and women's writing. She has recently co-edited the Bloomsbury Adaptations: Critical and Primary Sources (2022) with Professor Deborah Cartmell and a co-authored chapter, 'Screening the Australian Novel' (with Claire McCarthy) published in The Cambridge History of the Australian Novel in 2023. She is also writing a monograph, Post-War Adaptations which will be published by Bloomsbury. She has spent many years in research leadership in the UK and Australia and has been Dean and PVC for Graduate Research at the University of Tasmania, The Australian National University and the University of Western Australia.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, The Ethics of Heterogeneity: Anglo American Feminisms, University of Nottingham
Award Date: 24 Jun 1993
Critical Theory, MA, University of Nottingham
Award Date: 31 Oct 1985
English and American Literature, BA (Hons), University of Kent
Award Date: 26 Jul 1984
External positions
Consultant
1 Jan 2025 → …
Industry keywords
- Ageing
- Creative Arts
Research expertise keywords
- Screen adaptation
- feminist thought
- popular culture
- popular fiction
- Women's writing
- adaptation studies
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
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Screening the Australian Novel, 1971-2020
Whelehan, I., Jun 2023, The Cambridge History of the Australian Novel. Carter, D. (ed.). UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 520-539Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review
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Adaptations: Critical and primary Sources
Whelehan, I. & Cartmell, D., 20 Oct 2022, 1st ed. Sydney: Bloomsbury Academic. (Critical and Primary Sources)Research output: Book/Report › Edited book/Anthology › peer-review
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The Criminal and the Yarn: Adapting and Performing Notoriety
Whelehan, I., 2020, A Companion to the Biopic. Cartmell, D. & Polasek, A. (eds.). USA: John Wiley & Sons, p. 297-307 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review
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Breaking Bond's Balls: A Feminist Re-Reading Ian Fleming
Whelehan, I., 2018, JAMES BOND UNCOVERED. Strong, J. (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 107-126 20 p. (Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review
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The Rise of Ladlit and Chicklit
Whelehan, I., 1 Jan 2018, British Literature in Transition, 1980–2000: Accelerated Times. Pollard, E. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, p. 230-243 14 p. (British Literature in Transition).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review
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