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  "Genki Dama Saves the World": Japanese Popular Culture, Globalization, and Relief Efforts

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  Ian Peters University of North Georgia

  April 25, 2011

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  can begin to mean something more than just entertainment in times of crisis; it embodies a moment ...
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  Prelude to a Remix: Damon Lindelof’s Instagram Letter to Watchmen’s Wary Audience

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  Sarah Riddick Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  September 16, 2020

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  insights into his unyielding reverence for the original: “I am a twelve-year old” and am beginning my ...
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  Kung Fu and Cowboys: Hip Hop Cinema in the 1970s?

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  Cutler Edwards UC San Diego

  September 05, 2012

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  Kung Fu and Cowboys: Hip Hop Cinema in the 1970s? youth culture transnational radicalism race popular culture multiracial kung fu hip hop cowboy colonialism breaking breakdance b-boy 1970s Curator's Note We should consider popular 1970s films as pref ...
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  “After 4 Years of a Celebrity President,” is Romney the Anti-Celebrity Candidate?

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  Sue Collins Michigan Technological University

  August 13, 2012

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  “After 4 Years of a Celebrity President,” is Romney the Anti-Celebrity Candidate? popular culture politics Political Polarization political advertising celebrity Curator's Note Last April, Super PAC American Crossroads revived the McCain campaign’s a ...