Reader in Latin American Studies, University of Liverpool
Niamh Thornton is a specialist in Latin American Studies with a particular focus on film, literature and digital culture of Mexico. She has a research interest in the war story, the Mexican Revolution, the creation of online selves through online tools and sites, and star studies. She is currently working on a project on commemorative film events and memorialization.
Niamh Thornton has a particular interest in the war story in its various manifestations. This includes how it is represented in fiction and non-fiction literature and film. As a specialist in Mexican cultural output, this has largely focused on the Mexican Revolution, but it also includes 1968, the subsequent Dirty War, the Zapatista Rebellion, and, more recently, the so-called Drugs War.
Frida Kahlo to Rihanna: there's a reason eye-catching brows are front and centre
Oct 09, 2018 13:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is the subject of a major exhibition at Londons VA museum, which has been running since July and tells the story of her life through more than 200 artefacts and clothing. Among the items on...
Ozark, drug cartels and America's changing relationship with Mexico
Aug 22, 2017 14:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
The recent violence in Charlottesville and the ever-shifting statements by Donald Trump about national identity bring to the fore the dangers of the recurrent narratives of us versus them and the threats posed to American...
Elon Musk vs Australia: global content take-down orders can harm the internet if adopted widely