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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to ... more

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Jonatan Leer
Professor at Örebro University in Culinary Arts and Meal Science
Örebro University
Episode: Jonatan Leer and Stinne Gunder Strøm Krogager, "Food Porn: Food Aesthetics in a Digital Age" (Bristol UP, 2026)
Stinne Gunder Strøm Krogager
Associate Professor at Örebro University in Denmark (Örebro University affiliation noted in transcript)
Örebro University
Episode: Jonatan Leer and Stinne Gunder Strøm Krogager, "Food Porn: Food Aesthetics in a Digital Age" (Bristol UP, 2026)
Vindhya Buthpitiya
Author; anthropologist studying ethno-nationalist conflict and political violence in Sri Lanka
University of Colombo (context from discussion)
Episode: Vindhya Buthpitiya, "A Volatile Picture: War and the Political Work of Photography in Sri Lanka" (U Washington Press, 2026)
Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra
Research associate at the Center of Southeast Asian Studies and author of Veins of Influence
Center of Southeast Asian Studies, SOAS; Neptune Publications
Episode: Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra, "Veins of Influence: Colonial Sri Lanka (Ceylon) in Early Photographs and Collections" (Neptune Publications, 2023)
Pablo Zavala
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, Loyola University New Orleans
Loyola University New Orleans
Episode: Pablo Zavala, "Forging a Mexican People: Collective Subjectivities in Postrevolutionary Print Culture, 1917-1968" (U Arizona Press, 2026)
Professor Lynda Nead
Professor of History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art
Courtauld Institute of Art
Episode: Lynda Nead, "British Blonde: Women, Desire and the Image in Post-War Britain" (Yale UP, 2025)
Michelle Henning
Professor in photography and media at the University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool
Episode: Michelle Henning, "A Dirty History of Photography: Chemistry, Fog, and Empire" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Mariana Ortega
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Latina-Latino Studies
Pennsylvania State University
Episode: Mariana Ortega, "Carnalities: The Art of Living in Latinidad" (Duke UP, 2024)
Avishek Ray
Associate Professor of Cultural Studies at the National Institute of Technology, focusing on mobility, marginality, and digital culture
National Institute of Technology, Siltjar
Episode: Digital Expressions of the Self(ie): The Social Life of Selfies in India

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Miranda Melcher
Host with a focus on photography and visual culture; frequently collaborates on New Books in Photography episodes.

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Lynda Nead, "British Blonde: Women, Desire and the Image in Post-War Britain" (Yale UP, 2025)
Q: Can we discuss maybe the ways in which going blonde was seen as or was actually a way to achieve social mobility in this context of post-war Britain?
Post-war blondes often came from working class backgrounds, and blonde glamour provided a pathway to improve themselves and camouflage their class origins.
Lynda Nead, "British Blonde: Women, Desire and the Image in Post-War Britain" (Yale UP, 2025)
Q: Can we discuss in more detail how, when and why we end up with the blonde becoming British?
My focus is on the post-war years in Britain, examining the impact of Hollywood and the significance of blonde representation in British culture.
Lynda Nead, "British Blonde: Women, Desire and the Image in Post-War Britain" (Yale UP, 2025)
Q: Could you start us off by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?
I'm a professor of history of art, I teach at the Courtauld. My interests span gender, sexuality, and the history of visual culture in the 20th century, leading me to explore blonde women in British culture.
Mariana Ortega, "Carnalities: The Art of Living in Latinidad" (Duke UP, 2024)
Q: And will you talk about auto arte and about carnal crossings?
I think it's important to understand auto arte. Anzaldua uses art in order to name herself, in order to survive and to transform herself.
Mariana Ortega, "Carnalities: The Art of Living in Latinidad" (Duke UP, 2024)
Q: How do you get us past the eye? Why start at the eye and then, how do you get us past it?
It is indeed a prelude... the eye being the main medium through which we can get to the light and basically to truth.

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The show features scholarly conversations with authors and researchers about recently published books in photography, visual culture, and related historical studies. Episodes center on how photographs shape memory, identity, politics, and culture across different regions and periods, often tying image-making to social movements, colonial legacies, and everyday practices. A notable strength is the blend of rigorous academic analysis with accessible storytelling, making complex ideas about images and their meanings approachable for a broad, educated audience. The format tends to be tightly focused interviews with subject-matter experts, offering readers a clear through-line from archival sourcing to theoretical implications. Potential listene... more

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