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  Girl Power: Revisited

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  Elizabeth Franko University of Houston

  June 15, 2007

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  of Shampoo significantly shift the traditional construction of femininity and offer a possible source ...
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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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  Latino Hip Hop: The Complexity of Challenging the Status Quo

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  Mari Castaneda University of Massachusetts at Amherst

  November 12, 2007

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  Latino Hip Hop: The Complexity of Challenging the Status Quo transnationalism sexism race patriarchy music video Latinos Kinto Sol immigration hip hop demographics consumer citizenship Curator's Note Latina/o media and popular culture is in a moment ...
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  Will the Wolf Survive, Los Lobos

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  Joseph Straubhaar University of Texas at Austin

  November 13, 2007

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  Will the Wolf Survive, Los Lobos immigration Latinos Los Lobos memory music video Youtube Curator's Note This video reminds me of my own process of discovery about Latino culture. I grew up in a small farming town in rural Southwest Idaho with severa ...
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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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  Rapping Up The Wire and the Limits of Plot Summary

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  Jason Mittell Middlebury College

  January 28, 2009

  expression that speak to both the constraints and possibilities of life in Baltimore. Sure, we care about how ...
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  What Bad Does

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  James Daniel Elam Northwestern University

  March 20, 2009

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  success on iTunes and will supposedly hit retail outlets soon.   It may be possible to brush the video ...
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  "Not Ready to Make Nice": Indigenous Music Video and Lessons of History

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  Michelle Raheja University of California, Riverside

  May 05, 2009

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  using the Dixie Chicks’ lyrics as a prompt:  “Forgive, sounds good.  Forget, I’m not sure I could.  They ... say time heals everything, but I’m still waiting.”  The video transforms the lyrics from an ...
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  Product Placement Saves the Music Video Star?

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  Erin Copple Smith Austin College

  May 12, 2011

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  Product Placement Saves the Music Video Star? Youtube VH1 VEVO Product Placement/Integration music video music industry MTV Lady Gaga Britney Spears Curator's Note Perhaps you haven't heard, but the music industry is facing a bit of a crisis. In ...
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  Bodies in Code, and in the Cultural Imaginary

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  Lauren Klein The Graduate Center and Macaulay Honors College, CUNY

  June 23, 2011

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  1) the clip on the left is a screen capture of one person’s viewing experience; if possible, you ...

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