Dr Zahra Stardust
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Communication
Personal details
Positions
- Lecturer
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Communication
Keywords
Gender and Sexuality, Critical Criminology, Queer Legal Theory, Sex Tech, Sexual Labour, Surveillance Capitalism, Collective Governance, Human Rights, Public Health, Porn studies
Research field
Cultural Studies, Communication and Media Studies, Criminology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philsophy (University of New South Wales)
- Master of Arts (Gender and Cultural Studies) (University of Sydney)
- Bachelor of Laws (Hons) (University of Sydney)
- Bachelor of Arts (Modern History) (University of Sydney)
- Diploma of Legal Practice (College of Law, New South Wales)
Teaching
Zahra has taught across a range of subjects and disciplines, including gender and cultural studies, law, criminology, social research, public policy, politics, sexology and sociology. Her previous courses include: Social Research and Policy Policy and Society The Politics of Human Rights Introduction to Criminology Introduction to Criminal Justice Explaining Crime Sex, Violence and Transgression Suffragettes to Cyborgs Sociology of Gender Culture and Contemporary Sexology Theory and Practice Criminal Laws Civil and Criminal Procedure
Publications
- Stardust, Z., Treloar, C., Cama, E. & Kim, J. (2021). ‘I Wouldn’t Call the Cops if I was Being Bashed to Death’: Sex Work, Whore Stigma and the Criminal Legal System. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 10(2). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211569
- Stardust, Z., (2018). Safe For Work: Feminist Porn, Corporate Regulation and Community Standards. In C. Dale & R. Overell (Eds.), Orienting Feminism: Media, Activism, Cultural Representation (pp. 155–179). Palgrave Macmillan. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211715
- Stardust, Z., (2019). From Amateur Aesthetics to Intelligible Orgasms: Pornographic Authenticity and Precarious Labour in the Gig Economy. AG About Gender - International Journal of Gender Studies, 8(16), 1–29. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211695
- Hester, H. & Stardust, Z. (2020). Sex Work in a Postwork Imaginary: On Abolitionism, Careerism, and Respectability. In J. Cooke (Ed.), The New Feminist Literary Studies (pp. 69–82). Cambridge University Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211710
- Stardust, Z., (2020). Sex in the Academy/Sex in the Field: Bodies of Ethics in Activist Research. In P. Wadds, N. Apoifis, S. Schmeidl & K. Spurway (Eds.), Navigating Fieldwork in the Social Sciences: Stories of Danger, Risk and Reward (pp. 13–37). Palgrave Macmillan. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211708
- Sperring, S. & Stardust, Z. (2020). Engorged: Fucking (with) the Maternal - An Analysis of Antinormativity, Cultural Legitimacy, and Queer Authenticity. In H. Zwalf, M. Walks & J. Mortenson (Eds.), Mothers, Sex, and Sexuality (pp. 213–240). Demeter Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211713
- Treloar, C., Stardust, Z. & Kim, J. (2021). Rethinking the relationship between sex work, mental health and stigma: A qualitative study of sex workers in Australia. Social Science and Medicine, 268. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211582
- Stardust, Z., (2014). 'Fisting is not permitted': Criminal intimacies, queer sexualities and feminist porn in the Australian legal context. Porn Studies, 1(3), 242–259. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211697
- Stardust, Z., Kolstee, J., Joksic, S., Gray, J. & Hannan, S. (2018). A community-led, harm-reduction approach to chemsex: case study from Australia’s largest gay city. Sexual Health, 15(2), 179–181. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211696
- Stardust, Z., (2015). Critical Femininities, Fluid Sexualities and Queer Temporalities: Erotic Performers on Objectification, Femmephobia and Oppression. In M. Liang, K. Pilcher & N. Smith (Eds.), Queer Sex Work (pp. 67–78). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211717
QUT ePrints
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