Dr Hannah McCann

Dr Hannah McCann

Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies, School of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

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Politics & Society

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A cut, a colour and the burden of care work

Hair and beauty salons are described as spaces of self-care. But when people share more with their hairdresser than their therapist, who is really doing the care work?

Arts & Culture

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Book extract

Taylor Swift is filling a ‘blank space’ in academic research

A new book explores how Swift studies is bringing the cultural phenomena of Taylor Swift into academia

Arts & Culture

Our sensory experience of the pandemic

COVID-19 transformed our sensory environment during a time of immense flux, but is it transitory or will there be a re-sensitisation?

Arts & Culture

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Book extract

Queer I: Seeing queerly

The thrust of queer activism has always been to ask what safety, comfort and delight looks like – not only for the so-called ‘normal’, but for everyone

Politics & Society

Beyond beauty

Are we undervaluing the role beauty workers can play in encouraging some of society’s most vulnerable to seek professional support?

Business & Economics

Why more Australians are supporting gay rights

It is likely the campaign for marriage equality has contributed to Australians becoming more progressive, as shown in this year’s HILDA Survey