Making a Splash

Philip Hayward is editor of the Island Studies journal Shima and holds adjunct professor positions at the University of Technology Sydney and at Southern Cross University (Australia). He has previously published books on topics such as horror cinema and cultural heritage in the Pacific. He is also a member of audio-visual ensemble The Moviolas and was co-curator of an exhibition entitled Making a Splash: Mermaids and Modernity being held at Sydney's Macquarie University Art Gallery in mid-2017 to accompany the launch of this volume.

• Introduction: Tails, Tresses and Elusive Otherness  Chapter 1 – Becoming Ariel, Becoming Ursula: Hans Christian Andersen's 'Den lille Havfrue' and its Disneynification  Chapter 2 – Flauntation and Fascination: The Alluring Mermaid and her Charms  Chapter 3 – Sonic Seduction: Mermaid Vocality and its Expression in Screen Soundtracks(co-authored with Jon Fitzgerald)  Chapter 4 – Making Out: Sexuality and the Transformative Mermaid  Chapter 5 – Channeling the Anima: Inspirational Folklore in The Mermaid Chair  Chapter 6 – "Mermaid-like a while": Juvenile Mermaids and Aficionado Culture    Chapter 7 – At the Margins: Mermen on the Screen  Chapter 8 – Crypto-Science and Hoax TV: Animal Planet's Mermaid Documentaries  Conclusion  Appendix 1 – Chronological catalogue of audiovisual productions featuring mermaids and mermen referenced in the volume  Bibliography  General Index