Update October 2019:
Rebecca is a PhD student in English, researching at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) at the University of Strathclyde. Rebecca’s thesis, Consuming Men: Masculinity, Meat and Myth in Literary Fictions from Mary Shelley to Ursula K. Le Guin, employs ecofeminist, vegetarian and vegan human-animal studies theory to analyse masculinity, species and the consumption of the animal in retellings of the classical Prometheus myth in literary fiction from the publication of Frankenstein in 1818 to the present day. Rebecca’s research is interdisciplinary, taking place at the intersections of animal studies, literature, myth, classics and feminist theory. By analysing literary adaptations and subversions of the Prometheus myth, her thesis makes an original contribution to the understanding of toxic and hegemonic masculinities and archetypes, and how they relate to human-animal relationships over the last 200 years. Rebecca is always looking for opportunities to collaborate and to get involved with other projects, and can be reached by email at [email protected] and on Twitter @beckmjones. To find out more about Rebecca’s work and specialisms visit https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/persons/rebecca-jones
