Associate Professor Margaret Henderson
Associate Professor

Margaret Henderson

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Background

Margaret teaches in the literature area in the School of Communication and Arts. Her teaching interests are literary theory, contemporary women’s writing, and postmodern fiction.

Margaret is the author of Marking Feminist Times: Remembering the Longest Revolution in Australia, a study of Australian feminist cultural memory; Kathy Acker: Punk Writer; and co-author with Anthea Taylor of Postfeminism in Context: Women, Australian Popular Culture, and the Unsettling of Postfeminism. She is the co-editor of Terra-Recognita: New Essays in Australian Studies, Manifesting Australian Literary Feminisms: Nexus and Faultlines, and Things that Liberate: An Australian Feminist Wunderkammer. She has also published numerous articles on feminist fiction and culture, and autobiography.

She has been a consultant to the National Museum of Australia, advising on a modern Australian women's movement collection. Her current project is a monograph on women’s punk and post-punk memoirs.

Availability

Associate Professor Margaret Henderson is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Historical studies Literary studies

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Research) of English Literature, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • contemporary life writing

  • The writings of Kathy Acker

  • Feminist material culture

  • Postmodernism

  • Cultural poetics of the women's movement

Search Professor Margaret Henderson’s works on UQ eSpace

66 works between 1996 and 2025
All (66) Journal Article (48) Book Chapter (11) Book (4) Other Outputs (2) Edited Outputs (1)

1 - 20 of 66 works

2025

Journal Article

The dataset as Rhizomatic Heritage: Australian rock music, literature and modelling – mapping the scene

Mills, Catriona and Henderson, Margaret (2025). The dataset as Rhizomatic Heritage: Australian rock music, literature and modelling – mapping the scene. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 31 (4), 500-517. doi: 10.1080/13527258.2024.2443887

The dataset as Rhizomatic Heritage: Australian rock music, literature and modelling – mapping the scene

2024

Journal Article

‘There was a cone of silence as though this was normal’: tuning in and turning up the conversation on ‘Teach Us Consent’

Mackinlay, Elizabeth, Mickelburgh, Renée T., Henderson, Margaret, Evans, Bonnie and Gowlett, Christina (2024). ‘There was a cone of silence as though this was normal’: tuning in and turning up the conversation on ‘Teach Us Consent’. Gender and Education, 36 (3), 213-229. doi: 10.1080/09540253.2024.2305949

‘There was a cone of silence as though this was normal’: tuning in and turning up the conversation on ‘Teach Us Consent’

2023

Book Chapter

A portrait of the artist as a punk: authenticity and the woman musician in Debbie Harry’s Face It

Henderson, Margaret (2023). A portrait of the artist as a punk: authenticity and the woman musician in Debbie Harry’s Face It. Women in rock memoirs: music, history, and life-writing. (pp. 106-121) edited by Cristina Garrigós and Marika Ahonen. New York, United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780197659328.003.0007

A portrait of the artist as a punk: authenticity and the woman musician in Debbie Harry’s Face It

2023

Book Chapter

A portrait of the artist as a punk: Authenticity and the woman musician in Debbie Harry's Face It

Henderson, Margaret (2023). A portrait of the artist as a punk: Authenticity and the woman musician in Debbie Harry's Face It. Women in Rock Memoirs: Music, History, and Life-Writing. (pp. 106-121) New York, NY United States: Oxford University Press.

A portrait of the artist as a punk: Authenticity and the woman musician in Debbie Harry's Face It

2023

Journal Article

A prosthetic popular feminism in postfeminist times: Mrs. America’s cool feminism and antifeminist celebrity

Henderson, Margaret and Taylor, Anthea (2023). A prosthetic popular feminism in postfeminist times: Mrs. America’s cool feminism and antifeminist celebrity. Signs, 48 (4), 1015-1039. doi: 10.1086/724240

A prosthetic popular feminism in postfeminist times: Mrs. America’s cool feminism and antifeminist celebrity

2023

Journal Article

Review of Lohrey by Julieanne Lamond

Henderson, Margaret (2023). Review of Lohrey by Julieanne Lamond. Australian Literary Studies, 38 (1). doi: 10.20314/als.cc8b09dd59

Review of Lohrey by Julieanne Lamond

2021

Journal Article

Reviewing Kathy Acker: the reception history of a belated woman writer

Henderson, Margaret (2021). Reviewing Kathy Acker: the reception history of a belated woman writer. Hecate: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women's Liberation, 47 (1-2), 32-50.

Reviewing Kathy Acker: the reception history of a belated woman writer

2021

Book

Kathy Acker: punk writer

Henderson, Margaret (2021). Kathy Acker: punk writer. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315100098

Kathy Acker: punk writer

2020

Other Outputs

How Merle Thornton made her mark on feminism. Review of Bringing the Fight: A Firebrand Feminist's Life of Defiance and Determination, by Merle Thornton.

Henderson, Margaret (2020, 08 21). How Merle Thornton made her mark on feminism. Review of Bringing the Fight: A Firebrand Feminist's Life of Defiance and Determination, by Merle Thornton. Sydney Morning Herald

How Merle Thornton made her mark on feminism. Review of Bringing the Fight: A Firebrand Feminist's Life of Defiance and Determination, by Merle Thornton.

2020

Journal Article

Review of The Fiction of Thea Astley, by Susan Sheridan

Henderson, Margaret (2020). Review of The Fiction of Thea Astley, by Susan Sheridan. Australian Literary Studies, 19 (2), 1-2.

Review of The Fiction of Thea Astley, by Susan Sheridan

2020

Journal Article

Of witches and monsters, the filth and the fury: two Australian women’s post-punk autobiographies

Henderson, Margaret (2020). Of witches and monsters, the filth and the fury: two Australian women’s post-punk autobiographies. Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 20 (1), 1-14.

Of witches and monsters, the filth and the fury: two Australian women’s post-punk autobiographies

2020

Book

Postfeminism in context: women, Australian popular culture, and the unsettling of postfeminism

Henderson, Margaret and Taylor, Anthea (2020). Postfeminism in context: women, Australian popular culture, and the unsettling of postfeminism. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315179872

Postfeminism in context: women, Australian popular culture, and the unsettling of postfeminism

2017

Journal Article

Kathy Acker's punk feminism: a feminism of cruelty and excess in more liberated and liberal times

Henderson, Margaret (2017). Kathy Acker's punk feminism: a feminism of cruelty and excess in more liberated and liberal times. Contemporary Women's Writing, 11 (2), 201-220. doi: 10.1093/cww/vpw037

Kathy Acker's punk feminism: a feminism of cruelty and excess in more liberated and liberal times

2016

Journal Article

Social memory and feminist cultural histories

Bartlett, Alison and Henderson, Margaret (2016). Social memory and feminist cultural histories. Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 30 (3), 273-273. doi: 10.1080/10304312.2016.1166558

Social memory and feminist cultural histories

2016

Journal Article

Feminism and the museum in Australia: an introduction

Bartlett, Alison and Henderson, Margaret (2016). Feminism and the museum in Australia: an introduction. Journal of Australian Studies, 40 (2), 129-139. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2016.1157702

Feminism and the museum in Australia: an introduction

2016

Journal Article

What is a feminist object? Feminist material culture and the making of the activist object

Bartlett, Alison and Henderson, Margaret (2016). What is a feminist object? Feminist material culture and the making of the activist object. Journal of Australian Studies, 40 (2), 156-171. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2016.1157701

What is a feminist object? Feminist material culture and the making of the activist object

2016

Journal Article

Retrovisioning chicko roles: Puberty Blues as postfeminist television adaptation and the feminization of the 1970s

Henderson, Margaret (2016). Retrovisioning chicko roles: Puberty Blues as postfeminist television adaptation and the feminization of the 1970s. Continuum, 30 (3), 326-335. doi: 10.1080/10304312.2016.1166559

Retrovisioning chicko roles: Puberty Blues as postfeminist television adaptation and the feminization of the 1970s

2016

Journal Article

Manifesting Australian literary feminisms: Nexus and faultlines

Vickery, Ann and Henderson, Margaret (2016). Manifesting Australian literary feminisms: Nexus and faultlines. Australian Literary Studies, 31 (1), 1-19.

Manifesting Australian literary feminisms: Nexus and faultlines

2015

Journal Article

From Counterculture to Punk Culture: The Emergence of Kathy Acker's Punk Poetics

Henderson, Margaret (2015). From Counterculture to Punk Culture: The Emergence of Kathy Acker's Punk Poetics. LIT Literature Interpretation Theory, 26 (4), 276-297. doi: 10.1080/10436928.2015.1092347

From Counterculture to Punk Culture: The Emergence of Kathy Acker's Punk Poetics

2014

Journal Article

Kathy is a punk writer: when the underground goes overground

Henderson, Margaret (2014). Kathy is a punk writer: when the underground goes overground. Critique, 55 (5), 536-550. doi: 10.1080/00111619.2013.793169

Kathy is a punk writer: when the underground goes overground

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    Digital Labour, Australian Women Authors, and Public Persona-Building (ARC Linkage Project administered by The University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2011
    Archiving Australian Feminism: the papers of Merle Thornton
    Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2011
    Archiving Australian feminism: the Merle Thornton Papers
    Myer Foundation/Sidney Myer Fund - DISCONTINUED: DO NOT USE
    Open grant
  • 2009
    The Australian Feminist Memory Project 1970-1990
    National Museum of Australia
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    The Australian Feminist Memory Project: Cultures of Activism, 1970-1990
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2003
    Mnemonics for Political Amnesiacs: British and American Feminist Autobiographies of the 1990s
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2000
    Struggle for memory: Histories and texts of the Australian Women's Movement.
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 1999 - 2001
    The (D)Evolution of Sports Magazines: The strange case of "Tracks" and "Rugby League Week"
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Margaret Henderson is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Sappho's Daughters: The Self-Empowerment of Female Intellectuals in A.S Byatt and Sarah Water's Neo-Victorian Novels

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Melissa Dickson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Nature, Naomi, and Kali: Allen Ginsberg's Mothers

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Bronwyn Lea

  • Doctor Philosophy

    As Long As You Keep It Quiet: A History of Queer and Queer-Coded Drama in Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Stephen Carleton

  • Doctor Philosophy

    As Long As You Keep It Quiet: A History of Queer and Queer-Coded Drama in Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Stephen Carleton

Completed supervision

Enquiries

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  • Australian culture
  • Australian sport
  • Feminism
  • Feminist studies
  • Postmodernism
  • Sports magazines
  • Surf culture
  • Women's studies

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