Christina Fawcett

Title: Instructor
Office: 2A31
Email: c.fawcett@uwinnipeg.ca

Biography:

I am a monster theorist with a Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow. A specialist in speculative and genre fiction, my work examines the cultural intersections and participatory moments in science fiction, horror and fantasy texts, both in literary and new media materials. My current work examines villainous and monstrous spaces in video games, with a particular focus on ludics shaping player experience and character articulation. I study monstrosity, trauma and participatory narratives creating emotional response.

Teaching Areas:

Popular Literature, genre fiction, media, young people’s texts and cultures

Publications:

Editorial board and Reviews Editor, Jeunesse

Publications (selected):

Szilagyi, Katie and Christina Fawcett. “Buying and Selling the Metaverse: Science Fiction Speculation, Modern Technologies, and Digital Data Economies.” Jurisprudence of the Future. Eds. Kieran Tranter, Alex Green and Mitchell Travis. Routledge Press, Publication Upcoming 2024.

Fawcett, Christina and Marc Ouellette. “Transgression on the Frontier: The Ludicity of Incest in Bioshock Infinite.” Hell-Bent for Leather:  Sex & Sexuality in the Weird Western, Vol. II. Eds. Kerry Fine, Michael Johnson, Rebecca Lush and Sara Spurgeon. University of Nebraska Press. Publication Upcoming 2024.

Fawcett, Christina and Steven Kohm. “To Serve and Protect from Behind the Mask: Policing, Vigilantism and Justice in Marvel’s Spiderman and Spiderman: Miles Morales.” Crime Games: Explorations of Crime and Control in Video Games. Eds. Jonathan Grubb and Kevin Steinmetz. Broadview Press, Publication Upcoming 2023.

Fawcett, Christina. “Changeling the Outcome: Fairy-Tale Framing and the Ethics of Care in Michelle Lovretta’s Killjoys.” Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts vol. 34, no.1, 2023, pp 139-65.

McGreevy, Alan, Christina Fawcett and Marc Ouellette. “The House and the Infected Body: the Metonomy of Resident Evil 7.” Disease in Digital Games: Theories, Topics, Analyses. Eds. Arno Görgen and Stefan H. Simond. Transcript Press. September 2020.

Fawcett, Christina. “Consumed by Guilt: Horror, Retribution and Justice in Until Dawn.” The Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research, vol. 9, 2020, pp. 86-109.

Fawcett, Christina and Steven Kohm. “Carceral violence at the intersection of madness and crime in Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City.” Crime, Media, Culture, vol. 16, no. 2, 2020, pp. 265-85.

Fawcett, Christina and Alan McGreevy. “Resident Evil and Infectious Fear.” The Playful Undead and Video Games: Critical Analyses of Zombies and Gameplay. Edited by Peter Zackariasson and Stephen Webley. Routledge Advances in Game Studies. Routledge, 2019, pp. 85-98.

Sakal-Froese, Jocelyn and Christina Fawcett. “White Coat, White Alb, White Mic: Institutions of Truth in America in American Horror Story: Asylum.” European Journal of American Culture, vol. 38, no. 1, 2019, pp. 43-55.

Fawcett, Christina. “American McGee’s Alice: Madness Returns and Traumatic Memory.” The Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 49, no.3, 2016, pp. 492-521.