Programme

Panel 1

When the Bull meets the bull: Relations between John Bull and Spain 

Fernando Apolinar-Rodríguez, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Churros or Fritters?: Galician Gastronomic References in English Literary Translation

Keah Amy Dixon, Universidade da Coruña

Panel 2

Constructing the Self through Hybridisation and Relational Processes: Dawn (1987) and Avatar (2009)

Alicia Martínez Martín, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

Moonlight (2016): Between Wounds of the Past and Waves of Healing 

Denisa Alexandra Mircea, Universidad de Zaragoza

Hair Matters: Hairstyle Aesthetics, Impositions and Rebellion

Belén Martín Lucas, Universidade de Vigo

Panel 3

The Psycho-biddy, the Bombshell and the Abject: A Kristevan Interpretation of The Substance (2024)

María Benítez Utrera, Universidad de Sevilla

“I don’t know; killers are sort of romantic”: The Presence of Gothic Vampires in Fifty Shades of Grey (2011) and After (2018)

Angie Gómez-García, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Posthuman Intimacies: AI, Sex Bots, and the Future of Desire in Jeanette

Winterson’s Frankissstein (2019)

Fátima Silva, P. Porto - Polytechnic of Porto

Panel 4

“You Got to Pump it Up”: New Excesses in Body Horror

Ian Matthews, Universidade de Vigo

“When you’re going to change the world, don’t ask for permission”: Fandom Dynamics and Politics of Disability in Arcane (2021-2024)

Noelia López Fernández and Silvia Vázquez Lorenzo, Universidad da Coruña

Resistance and Solidarity: British and Argentinian Anarchist Women Building Transnational Nets through the Press

Virginia Cattolica, Universidade da Coruña

Panel 1

Identification, Interactivity, and Discomfort in Videogame narrative: The Case of The Last of Us Part II (2020)

Francisco Guillermo Millán-Meana, Universidad de Sevilla

Blurred Boundaries: The Author-Influencer and the Reader-Fan 

Irene Martínez Misa, Universidade da Coruña

#Gelphie: Reading and Watching Wicked from a Sapphic Perspective

Iria Seijas-Pérez, Universidade de Vigo

From Riot Grrrl to Postfeminim: Reclaiming Girl Power’s Disruptive and Joyful Potential

Sara Tabuyo-Santaclara, Universidade de Vigo

Panel 2

Between the Lines: Voiceless Women and the Patriarchal Gaze in Catherine Lim’s “The Taximan's Story“ (1979)

Alba Zels-Garrido, Universidade de Vigo

Reclaiming Female Voices in Ancient Myths: Reinterpreting Attem and Siya through Bolu Babalola’s Love in Colour (2020)

Alba Sánchez Iglesias, Universidade da Coruña

A Self-Reliant Man in the Wasteland: The Survival of the American Identity in Fallout: New Vegas (2010)

Aslihan Yücel, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela