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DR DINA ALAWADHI

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Assistant Professor

Dina AlAwadhi is an Assistant Professor in Comparative Literature at Kuwait University. She recently earned her masters and doctorate degree at University College London. She also obtained her bachelor’s degree in English Literature at Kuwait University. Her PhD examines how otherness functions in relation to race, ethnicity, and gender in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She is interested in popular culture, genre films, as well as postcolonial and gaze theory. She has published her work in journals including Image/Text and Geopolitics.

Degrees and Certificates

Masters in Comparative Literature, University College London

PhD in Comparative Literature, University College London

Research Interests

popular culture, visual culture, genre film, superheroes, otherness, postcolonialism, gaze theory

Publications

AlAwadhi, D. (2021).“The Evolution of the Occidental Gaze in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.” ImageTexT. https://imagetextjournal.com/the-evolution-of-the-occidental-gaze-in-th…

AlAwadhi, D., & Dittmer, J. (2020). "The Figure of the Refugee in Superhero Cinema." Geopolitics, 27(2), 604–628. https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2020.1820484

Alawadhi, D., & Dittmer, J. (2020). "'We come from the land of the ice and snow': De-colonising superhero cinema through music." Politik , 23 (1), 88-93. 10.7146/politik.v23i1.120311.