Oxford-educated academic, Gales listed author, "wiley pop culture commentator." Writes on music fandom & Elvis Presley. Quoted in The New Yorker, NY Times, etc.

Chester, United Kingdom
Joined May 2011
I’m working on a research project with @paulgomusic on how independent musicians use @patreon (or other platforms) in direct to fan funding. If you fit this description please send us a message so we can arrange a short interview! #fanstudies #music #musicindustry #Patreon
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Stop the Shadow, an intimate evening of live music and interviews supporting disabled awareness in association with @able2uk takes over Hard Rock Cafe London on Wednesday 18th January. Tickets go on sale Friday 24th November: bit.ly/3i4DVlr
'Historians of the twentieth-century United States and the South who know little about Elvis but feel a need for basic understanding will get an able briefing from Duffett's book.' Journal of Southern History @SoundResearch @iaspm_uk_eire @IASPMUS @AMS_musicology @SocAmMusic
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Without Jerry Lee Lewis, I wouldn’t have become who I am today. He was groundbreaking and exciting, and he pulverized the piano. A brilliant singer too. Thank you for your trailblazing inspiration and all the rock ‘n’ roll memories. #RIP
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ON THIS DAY August 17, 1977 - The most flowers sold in one day in U.S. history was the day after #Elvis dead... #ElvisPresley #ElvisHistory #Elvis1977 #Elvistheking #Elvis2022
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Look out for SCARY MONSTERS coming out in paperback later this month. Edited by @SoundResearch & Dr. Jon Hackett, it explores 'the darker recesses and the dangerously romanticised excesses of popular music’s 'monstrous masculine'' (@mat_hills): bit.ly/3b3JGNe
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Mark Duffett retweeted
Yeah! 🤩 Look what made it to Rotterdam! #FandomTNG beautiful cover, enticing chapters, must read for everyone interested in #fanstudies! @tvevangelist @BridgetKies 👏👏👏
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I've curated a playlist for @LearnonScreen focusing on Popular Music, Media, & Culture, touching on elements such as fandom, place, identity, & politics. It has documentaries, performances, compilations - some wonderful programmes & music here🎵🎹
Interested in the connections between popular music & notions of place, identity & politics? Dr Lucy Bennett @bennettlucyk @CardiffJomec has curated this superb playlist- perfect for the summer! Watch the trailer below & explore here ➡️ bit.ly/3yt4ZAF
📝Book Review Call Out ‘Popular Music and Automobiles’ edited by Mark Duffett and Beate Peter (Bloomsbury, 2020) – a collection of essays on the relationship between cars and popular music. Send your interest to: [email protected]
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📝Book Review Call Out We are seeking a reviewer for ‘Elvis: Roots, Image, Comeback, Phenomenon’ by Mark Duffett (Equinox Publishing, 2020) – an analysis that challenges established perspectives on an icon. Drop us a line if you are interested: [email protected]
"Counting Down Elvis: His 100 Finest Songs " by Mark Duffett published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, is available as an ebook and in paperback. Read the review at authorsreading.com/book-revi… #MustRead #book #bookreview #ebooks #bookmarket
Still thinking about a Q posed yesterday about how researchers can give back to the communities they study. It's a very important point and one that I think about a lot so figured I'd expand a bit here too.
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Available now! The Creative Electronic #Music #Producer examines the creative processes of electronic #musicproduction. "You could not ask for a better guide on your quest to fully understand the craft." - Dr Mark Duffett, University of Chester ➡️routledge.com/9780367900793
I'm a bit late to the party, but finally in the process of ordering this 👇🏼 Looking forward to reading it!
Delighted to get print copies of Scary Monsters, my book with Dr Jon Hackett. As Prof Andy Bennett says, it is "a compelling and theoretically rigorous account of popular music, monstrosity and masculinity that will serve as an invaluable resource"... Order now for your library!
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Thanks to Dr Mark Duffett @SoundResearch for joining us for this "in conversation" event! We had #PhD researchers from the universities of Liverpool, Kingston, Amsterdam, Wolverhampton, Manchester and Anglia Ruskin.
Tips on promoting yourself & your #FilmStudies #MediaStudies #CulturalStudies research? Join the Centre this Friday at 4 for our next "In Conversation With" (details below). Incl. @BenHalligan talking about his work on the recent #MichaelReeves documentary based on his monograph.
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And we're being joined by Dr Mark Duffett too @SoundResearch
Mark Duffett's (@SoundResearch) words really resonate. Appreciate his thoughts on "love" and fandom. From his edited volume, Popular Music Fandom: Identities, Roles and Practices (Routledge):
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Check out our video of recent books & journals playing on our virtual stand at the British Forum for Ethnomusicology conference: youtube.com/watch?v=zxViyVws… @bfe2021 @AlynShipton @SarahRaineRiffs @iaspm_uk_eire @arscaudio @McCookerybook @SoundResearch @Rhythm_Obscura @beatnikjazz
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Oh hey it me! It was such an honour to be able to not only present at the conference but also be a part of this special issue! All of the papers are fantastic! 💜
Replying to @TheR3Journal
Labour of Love: Fan Labour, BTS, and South Korean Soft Power - Jasmine Proctor (@iamjazzrae)
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Attend international online symposium “Pop Rock Music and 2000s cinema”. Fridays 5-7pm UK time from 29 Jan to 26 Feb 2021. For programme and Zoom link visit the website: biopop21.sciencesconf.org/re…