Steve Redhead

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Steve Redhead (January 1952 in Shropshire – 8 March 2018)[1] was the Professor of Jurisprudence and Head of Law in the Faculty of Arts at Charles Sturt University.[2] He was also an adjunct professor at York University (Toronto) and was visiting Professor of Accelerated Culture at the University of Bolton.[3]

Career

Redhead held professorships in Canada and the United Kingdom, and a Visiting Professorship at

football fanzines
.

He held an LLB and LLM from

Manchester University, and a PhD from the University of Warwick
. Combining law and cultural studies, his scholarship focused on theories of deviance in both football fandom and dance cultures, along with current interests in speed, terrorism, football memoirs, war and theories of social change.

Redhead was known for a series of scholarly innovations, in theories of deviance, (post) youth culture and accelerated modernity.

While currently working in

Geoff Gallop Government in Western Australia. He was married to Tara Brabazon, Professor of Education and Head of the School of Teacher Education at Charles Sturt University.[5][4]

A well-known

Dance Britannia. He was also an active podcaster and developed a series of microinterviews with Tara Brabazon.[6]

His best-known books include Rave Off, End of the Century Party, Repetitive Beat Generation and Sing When You're Winning. His book on Jean Baudrillard, The Jean Baudrillard Reader, was published simultaneously by both Edinburgh University Press and Columbia University Press in 2008. Edinburgh University Press published The Paul Virilio Reader and Paul Virilio: Theorist for an Accelerated Culture in 2004. We have never been postmodern, was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2011,[7] and Football and Accelerated Culture: This Modern Sporting Life was published by Routledge in 2015.

Steve Redhead died on 8 March 2018.[1][8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Steve Redhead, 1952-2018". Times Higher Education (THE). 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  2. ^ "Home". www.csu.edu.au. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Profile: Steve Redhead". www.steveredhead.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014.
  4. ^ "Home". www.csu.edu.au. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  5. ^ "tarabrabazon's podcast by Tara Brabazon on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  6. ^ "tarabrabazon's podcast: We have never been postmodern". tarabrabazon.libsyn.com. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Steve Redhead on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 18 October 2018.

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