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  The Last Lion King of Scotland

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  Davis Jung Brown University

  April 12, 2007

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  The Last Lion King of Scotland Africa representation stereotyping mashup praxis Lion King Last King of Scotland Must Love Jaws Ten Things I Hate About Commandments deconstruction Curator's Note With the age of the internet and such websites as YouTub ...
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  Re: The Last Lion King of Scotland

  Nice job - I would highly

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  Jason Mittell Middlebury College

  Thursday, April 12, 2007 — 1:16 pm

  Nice job- I would highly recommend the pedagogical possibilities of having students do such ...
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  “Define Good”: The Anxious Pleasures of Subscribing to HBO

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  April 13, 2007

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  and high-mindedness but must simultaneously seek out as many new subscribers as possible and continue ...
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  Re: The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV

  Is it possible that a more

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  Radhika Gajjala Bowling Green State University

  Sunday, April 15, 2007 — 9:12 pm

  Is it possible that a more globally aware and nuanced "desi" is emerging out of this? It ...
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  Television and Reality: The Politics of Representation in Celebrity Big Brother, U.K.

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  Shanti Kumar University of Texas at Austin

  April 17, 2007

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  Television and Reality: The Politics of Representation in Celebrity Big Brother, U.K. South Asian Shilpa Shetty reality TV racism Jane Goody intersectionality international TV formats diaspora class channel 4 Britain Bollywood Big Brother Curator's N ...
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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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  “All Skin Is Not Created Equal”: Televisual Flow and Racial Ideology

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  Ronald Becker Miami University

  April 24, 2007

  2 comments

  “All Skin Is Not Created Equal”: Televisual Flow and Racial Ideology race 1990s NBC Raymond Williams pedagogy flow Newsradio Andie McDowell L'Oreal commercial beauty Curator's Note We all likely have our favorite examples of televisual flow—thos ...
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  Re: “All Skin Is Not Created Equal”: Televisual Flow and Racial Ideology

  It would be interesting to

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  Kathleen Fitzpatrick Michigan State University

  Tuesday, April 24, 2007 — 8:20 pm

  program and the commercial. There are any number of interesting possibilities: the problem of ...
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  Re-visioning Arab Identity in US Popular Culture

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  Karin Wilkins University of Texas at Austin

  April 25, 2007

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  Re-visioning Arab Identity in US Popular Culture satire race transcoding representation stereotyping Planet of the Arabs mocumentary Arabs Curator's Note The edited clips in this brief video were constructed by Jacqueline Salloum to complement Jack S ...
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  Re: Re-visioning Arab Identity in US Popular Culture

  Salloum's piece is great,

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  Wednesday, April 25, 2007 — 7:17 pm

  there isn't a spectrum of possible Arab identities. Is this a case of one step forward, two steps ...

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