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  Whitexicans on Netflix

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  Juan Llamas-Rodriguez University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication

  June 24, 2020

  Whitexicans on Netflix whiteness Mexico Netflix racism social media Curator's Note In February 2019, Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos announced that Netflix Mexico would produce fifty television shows and films over the following two years. ...
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  “It’s in my code!”: Glitch as Gendered Ontology

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  Juan Llamas-Rodriguez University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication

  March 29, 2016

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  “It’s in my code!”: Glitch as Gendered Ontology Wreck-it-Ralph Kanye West Glitch gamer feminism Disney Princesses animation Curator's Note In this clip from a BBC interview, Kanye West rants about being considered a “glitch” in the fashion industry, ...
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  Border Futures

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  Juan Llamas-Rodriguez University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication

  February 16, 2015

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  Border Futures Sleep Dealer Imagining the Border graphic novel dystopia Caustic Soda Curator's Note Arguably among the most notorious border zones in the world, the Mexico-United States border is continuously a site for national and international con ...
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  Narcocinema and the Politics of Drugsploitation

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  Juan Llamas-Rodriguez University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication

  December 21, 2012

  Narcocinema and the Politics of Drugsploitation narcocinema Mexico drug trafficking Contemporary Exploitation Cinema Curator's Note Given the ongoing drug wars in Mexico, and partly because of the films’ recent widespread availability online, the las ...