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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

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  at least Farah Khan) is in on the joke, too. Beginning to research Bollywood from the angle of its ...
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  Celebrating Kandy Fong: Founder of Fannish Music Video

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  Francesca Coppa Muhlenberg College

  November 19, 2007

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  with found footage, since at least 1975, when Kandy Fong made her first slideshows. Inspired by the ...
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  Hulk Smash Wimpy White Man Who is Also Hulk: Reasserting Masculine Authority through Masochism

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  March 21, 2008

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  beginning of the pilot episode, initially seems idyllic, with Banner clearly epitomizing a softer, gentler, ...
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  Righteous Anger and the Fear of a Black Planet in Taxi Driver

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  Greg Oguss University of Southern California

  March 20, 2008

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  Righteous Anger and the Fear of a Black Planet in Taxi Driver race masculinity music 1970s Taxi Driver Robert Deniro Martin Scorsese blaxploitation Melvin Van Peebles Richard Roundtree miscegenation baclash Joan Mellen Kris Kristofferson Rolling Stones Cu ...
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  On Chances Lost: The World Outside Ed’s Garage

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  Mary Beltran University of Wisconsin-Madison

  November 14, 2007

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  On Chances Lost: The World Outside Ed’s Garage stereotyping socially relevant programming sitcom quality TV paratexts Mexican Americans Latinos Freddie Prinze diversity credit sequence Chico and the Man casting 1970s Curator's Note You may recognize ...
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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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  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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  Burgundy Histories? WEWS-TV “Catch 5!” 1970s promo

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  Mark Williams Dartmouth College

  February 26, 2008

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  Burgundy Histories? WEWS-TV “Catch 5!” 1970s promo history idents journalism Youtube nostalgia advertising aesthetics 1970s regional media affiliate Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgany Cleveland Dorothy Fuldheim local media Curator's Note Surfing fo ...