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  Bant Singh can still sing

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  Jyotsna Kapur Southern Illinois University

  February 02, 2007

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  Bant Singh can still sing Featured globalization Youtube music India otherness Bant Singh caste activism Curator's Note Posted on YouTube, this unforgettable video-letter by Sanjay Kak and Anurag Singh sears the brain. Here, Bant Singh, a lower-caste ...
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  So U Think U Can Dance?

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  Sharon Shahaf Georgia State University

  February 22, 2007

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  So U Think U Can Dance? reality TV Israel international TV formats hip hop globalization global/local franchising appropriation Curator's Note In this clip from Israel’s “So U Think U Can Dance”, two Israeli Hip-Hoppers, Shocko and Gitit get to chore ...
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  Subway Subtext: Jack in Japan

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  Miranda Banks Loyola Marymount University

  April 03, 2007

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  Subway Subtext: Jack in Japan Lost in Translation Kiefer Sutherland Japan globalization celebrity endorsement advertisement 24 Curator's Note The subway hurtles through the tunnel, paralleling Jack Bauer’s dogged, singular intention. No one—not even ...
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  Reality TV in a War Zone

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  Serra Tinic University of Alberta

  April 23, 2007

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  Reality TV in a War Zone reality TV Labour and Materials Iraqi Star Iraq international TV formats globalization global/local Extreme Makeover American Idol Curator's Note I consistently struggle with the concept of hybridity when we hit the section o ...
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  Global Machinima: Pros and Cons?

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  Radhika Gajjala Bowling Green State University

  July 16, 2007

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  Global Machinima: Pros and Cons? representation otherness machinima human rights globalization educational media digital literacy children Curator's Note I found this on Rik's blog (Rik's blog itself is a very interesting layered negotiatio ...
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  What is so comical about old choreography?

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  Mari Pajala University of Turku (Finland)

  November 09, 2007

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  What is so comical about old choreography? history globalization nostalgia music video Scandanavia Finland Armi & Danny 1970s Grease dance comedy Gregorious YMCA context Curator's Note Many of the most widely circulated clips of old Finnish telev ...
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  Show me the Money: Desi TV in the US Marketplace

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  Madhavi Mallapragada University of Texas at Austin

  April 14, 2008

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  a celebrity talk show from India’s Star TV, news from South Asia, and a weekly show on cricket. Pulse- the ...
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  (Asian American?) Hip Hop: Cool Calm Pete’s “Black Friday”

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  Jane Park University of Oklahoma

  April 29, 2008

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  (Asian American?) Hip Hop: Cool Calm Pete’s “Black Friday” globalization race hip hop Asian American representation music video consumerism music Cool Calm Pete Black Friday Korean American Babbletron Curator's Note Cool Calm Pete is a Korean America ...
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  Disjuncture and Difference in The Amazing Race

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  Robert Moses Peaslee Texas Tech University

  October 13, 2009

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  understanding of the shifting “scapes” made possible in international media environments. It is an eloquent ...
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  Nights @ Indian Call Centers

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  James Daniel Elam Northwestern University

  October 26, 2009

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  are possible when the other you’re "viewing" is otherwise unseeable? ...

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