Louise Fitzgerald

Louise Fitzgerald is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Art and Media, University of Brighton. She contributes to the Communication and Creative Ecologies Research Excellence Group.

Her research focuses on gender studies, particularly femininity and masculinity in British cinema and television, motherhood, and discourse analysis. She has explored franchises like Shane Meadows' films and Mamma Mia! as cultural phenomena.

Louise’s publications (2012–2022) reveal trends in analyzing gender representation in media, including critical essays on British working-class narratives and feminist critiques of period dramas. She has also reviewed literature on maternal imagination in film theory.