Sarah O'brien

Specialties:

Academic Writing, Film and Television Studies, Animal Studies

Degrees

Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, University of Toronto, 2012
M.A. in Comparative Literature, University of Toronto, 2007
B.A. in English and Spanish, University of Florida, 2005

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Recent Publications

O’Brien S. Sticky matter: the persistence of animals as allegory in Lucrecia Martelâs La CiÃ©naga and La Mujer sin Cabeza. Screen. 2017;58(4):458–476.
O’Brien S. Why Look at Dead Animals?. Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media. 2016;57(1):32–57.
O’Brien S. Nous revenons Ã nos moutons: Regarding Animals in Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep. Cinema Journal. 2015;54(3):21–43.
O’Brien S, Shukin N. Being Struck: On the Force of Slaughter and Cinematic Affect Lawrence M, McMahon L, editors. Animal Life and the Moving Image. 2015:187–202.

Recent Presentations

Contact

Bryan Hall 102-B
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Office Hours: T/Th 2:15-3:15 (and by appointment)
Class Schedule: M/W 3:30-4:45; T/TH: 12:30-1:45 and 3:30-4:45