Danielle Bishop

Danielle Bishop

Job title: Lecturer in Modern Languages, School of Tourism and Hospitality (Plymouth Business School (Faculty))
Telephone: +441752585632
Email: danielle.bishop@plymouth.ac.uk

Role
Lecturer in French and Spanish in the Faculty of Social Science and Business.
Programme Manager for BA Modern Languages.

Qualifications & background

Graduated from University of Cardiff, Wales with a

first class B.A joint hons degree in French and Spanish

Subsequently awarded a Ph.D from the University of Cardiff, Wales entitled 'Zola's women: the power of the powerless'

1989-92 Part-time lecturing at the University of Cardiff

1992 -2011 Lecturer in French and Spanish (ab-initio-GCSE level), at the University of Plymouth

Professional membership

The Emile Zola Society (London).

The Society for French Studies.

The Aizen - Association Internationale de Recherches Multidisciplinaires et d’Etudes Comparées: Emile Zola et son Temps (Canada).

Teaching interests

French language from beginner to degree level.

Spanish language from beginner to GCSE level.

French culture:

immigration and racism

architecture

music

advertising

cinema

Research interests

Aspects of nineteenth century French society, in particular:

the history of nineteenth century costume and fabrics
the role and growth of the department store
growing old / old-age in latter-day nineteenth century France
the role of women in nineteenth century society and their depiction in literature of the period

The novels of Emile Zola, in particular:

the representation of women in Les Rougon-Macquart
flower poetics

Other research

Advertising, in particular the portrayal of men and women over the past twenty years in la publicité française.

Publications

'To Burn but not be Burnt: The Corset in Zola's Novels' in Excavatio, vol.xv (2001).

'The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery as a Destabilising Force in Le Rêve' in Excavatio vol.xviii (2002).

'Jewellery in the Rougon-Macquart: A Glittering Revelation' and 'Zola's women : A chink in the armour' in

L'écriture du féminin chez Zola et dans la fiction naturaliste (Bern: Peter Lang, 2003).

'Au Bonheur des dames: A novel of Construction, Constructors and the Constructed' in Excavatio, vol. xxiii (2008).

'Au Bonheur des Dames and the contemporary literary tourist: an inspirational journey through Zola's Paris to the C21st built environment' in Mansfield, C and Seligman, S, Narrative and the Built Heritage - Papers in Tourism Research (Saarbrücken: VDM, 2011).