Chris O'Rourke

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University of Warwick

United Kingdom

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Chris O'Rourke is an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, specializing in film studies and gender identity. His research areas include trans visibility in cinema, the representation of beauty and gender in British film of the 1920s, and the analysis of male cross-dressing performances in early British cinema. Through his recent articles, he examines the intersections of identity, performance, and national culture within the context of historical film.

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Dream Worlds: Studying the History of Screen Costume Design through the Archives of Oliver Messel

Open Date: 2023-04-01

Close Date: 2024-09-01

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2021

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2020

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2020

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Chris O'Rourke

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Articles (4)

A life in pictures: trans visibility, invisible labour and the film career of Robert Allen

Imagining British film beauty: gender and national identity in 1920s ‘star search’ contests

‘What a Pretty Man – or Girl!’: Male Cross‐Dressing Performances in Early British Cinema, 1898–1918

Exploiting Ambiguity: Murder! and the Meanings of Cross-Dressing in Interwar British Cinema

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