Richard started following the work of Hillary Miller, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Theatre.
Richard started following the work of Tom Froese, The University of Tokyo, Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Richard started following the work of Jay James May, University of York, English and Related Literature.
University of the West of England
Faculty Member, Culture, Media and Drama
Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies
About
My main interests are in historical formations of urban modernity, everyday life, and constructions of urban subjectivity. By default, I seem to be becoming a bit of a Londonist - which I'm secretly quite enjoying. My book 'The Spiv and the Architect: Unruly Life in Postwar London' (which came out with Minnesota UP in May 2010) was all about post-war reconstruction and its complex interaction with emerging forms of queer male subjectivity. I'm now working on a project with the working title of 'Automatic London'. This explores attempts in the 1920s and '30s to bureaucratise movement and develop a form of proto-cybernetic urban engagement within ordinary Londoners. It also revolves around my three current obsessions: the Tube Map, the 'A to Z' street atlas, and the London 'Monopoly' board.
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