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  Bant Singh can still sing

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  Jyotsna Kapur Southern Illinois University

  February 02, 2007

  15 comments

  about copyright, finding a home wherever needed. At the very least, from which ever degree of isolation ...
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  So U Think U Can Dance?

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  Sharon Shahaf Georgia State University

  February 22, 2007

  10 comments

  cultivated Afros. The routine begins in “mute” representing the loss of voice experienced by the duo on the ...
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  Subway Subtext: Jack in Japan

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  Miranda Banks Loyola Marymount University

  April 03, 2007

  16 comments

  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

  8 comments

  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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  ABBA 1974: The Birth of Swedish Modernity?

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  Christian Christensen Karlstad University — Sweden

  November 05, 2007

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  ABBA 1974: The Birth of Swedish Modernity? globalization marketing nostalgia competition nationalism music Sweden 1970s Eurovision ABBA Scandinavia Bjorn Borg IKEA Curator's Note For me, this clip of ABBA's winning performance at the 1974 Eurovi ...
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  SíTV and the emergence of English-language Latino television networks

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  Juan Pinon New York University

  November 15, 2007

  2 comments

  SíTV and the emergence of English-language Latino television networks globalization race Latinos representation cable language political economy SiTV LATV Yo Voy MTr3s Mun2 Jeff Valdez Brother Garcia bilingualism The Rub Curator's Note English-speaki ...
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  Bollywood’s Index: Allusions and Inside Jokes in Om Shanti Om

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  James Daniel Elam Northwestern University

  March 12, 2008

  1 comment

  at least Farah Khan) is in on the joke, too. Beginning to research Bollywood from the angle of its ...
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  Where it Belongs: Positioning US dramas on Australian TV

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  Joshua Green Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  March 31, 2008

  3 comments

  Where it Belongs: Positioning US dramas on Australian TV youth culture transnationalism The O.C. teen dramas promos paratexts Network Ten modeling Izzy Asper imagined audiences idents globalization domestic programming distribution demographics australia ...
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  Bamako

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  Olivier Tchouaffe University of Texas at Austin

  April 07, 2008

  4 comments

  the imaginary. The movie, therefore, is self-consciously improvised reminding us that power begins ...
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  Projecting Nigeria

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  Brian Larkin Barnard College

  April 08, 2008

  3 comments

  Projecting Nigeria Uzodinma Okpechi The Master representation Orientalism Nollywood Nkem Oweh Nigeria music media capitals I Go Chop Your Money globalization corruption controversy Afrocentrism Africa Curator's Note In 2005 a controversy broke out on ...

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