Dr Hatherley’s research and writing explore the intersections of class and in the formations of grotesque and sublime femininities in art and visual culture, with a focus on British photography and film.
She has published book chapters and articles on surrealism and subversive female grotesques, and on working-class sexualities and fat femininities, and the role of social class in art and culture.
Her doctoral research offered a critical engagement with working-class women’s subjectivities, creativities, and art works, and developed an original notion of an “Anti-Pygmalion” classed aesthetics.
