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  The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV

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  Madhavi Mallapragada University of Texas at Austin

  April 05, 2007

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  not South Asians but of South Asia. People of South Asian origin in the United States commonly refer ... one's identity as South Asian but also as being "outside South Asia". As the young man reminds ...
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  It Rhymes with Smashsmortion

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  Craig O. Stewart Old Dominion University

  June 08, 2007

  4 comments

  ill-considered one-night stand. The film barely considers any possibilities for Allison other than having the ... other respects (but perhaps somewhat overrated). So, I’m interested to hear from others--did anyone else ...
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  The Mouth Wants What It Wants

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  Dana Heller Old Dominion University

  June 22, 2007

  1 comment

  American diet-- suggests that it might be possible to reclaim a liberated, hyper-masculine subjectivity ... his underwear, and tosses them into a burning trash canister). Taken collectively, I’m interested in ...
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  Previously on Buffy

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  Alan McKee Queensland University of Technology

  February 23, 2007

  4 comments

  a solipsistic ‘anything goes’ attitude. I’m not telling people that this is the correct interpretation of this ... text; I’m asking if anybody thinks the same way, or finds this a useful approach. ...
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  “I’m Here Because I’m Bored”: Getting at the Nature of Ludic Computation

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  Judd Ruggill University of Arizona

  October 30, 2007

  1 comment

  “I’m Here Because I’m Bored”: Getting at the Nature of Ludic Computation computers gaming history ...
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  Dharma Orientation Film

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  Roberta Pearson University of Nottingham (UK)

  October 28, 2007

  1 comment

  cool enough that I’m editing a book on it at this very moment and hoping for some viral marketing). But ... I’m also a little worried about the totalising spread of big media that this clip represents, bringing ...
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  A Double Drabble* of Bugger All: On Monty Python’s Galaxy Song

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  John Hartley Queensland University of Technology (Australia)

  November 23, 2007

  1 comment

  who’s into something that requires an operational brain and some creativity. ' I’m not a fan of ...
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  Can Catwoman Challenge Patriarchy?

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  Michael Lecker George Mason University

  September 28, 2007

  Batman driven narrative? What ideologies is Selina questioning with such quotes as “Tell me I’m not in ...
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  Katarina Löfström’s ”High Noon”: The Materiality of a Medium

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  Anna Orrghen Södertörn University College– Sweden

  November 08, 2007

  it. But how far is it possible to focus a picture before it transforms into an abstract pattern? And ... how many times is it possible to enlarge an image before it turns into a completely new image? These ... and it disappears. In other words: is it possible to get too close? ...
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  You Can’t Stop the Beat – Dance: The Gen X Addiction

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  Kelli Kilgore City of Virginia Beach

  December 04, 2007

  8 comments

  this seemingly banal show that made so many clamor to watch and vote and run to see it live? I’m not ...

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