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  Kitsch Historiography: Barbara Stanwyck in the Jungle

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  Catherine Russell Concordia University, Montreal

  August 07, 2013

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  Kitsch Historiography: Barbara Stanwyck in the Jungle media archeology kitsch Barbara Stanwyck Curator's Note In my collection of 89 Stanwyck titles on DVD, A Message to Garcia (dir. George Marshall, 1936, Twentieth Century Fox) is the worst copy, an ...
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  Perpetuating the American Dream through Investment Television

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  Emma Frances Bloomfield University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  January 12, 2016

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  Perpetuating the American Dream through Investment Television Tokenism reality television capitalism American dream Curator's Note To determine whether the American Dream is alive and well, one could turn on the television and watch an investment tel ...
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  Blocky but Good: Atari and their RealSports Brand

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  Stefan Hall High Point University

  March 25, 2017

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  Blocky but Good: Atari and their RealSports Brand VCS Sports Video Games RealSports Mattel Intellivision Baseball atari Curator's Note While the current incarnations of  NBA 2K,  Madden, and  FIFA  are technically advanced representatives of design f ...
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  Re: The Case for the Slow Internet

  Feeling Fine (or at Least Optimistic)

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  Eric LeMay Ohio University

  Monday, September 5, 2011 — 7:35 pm

  Thank you, Jennifer, for a great post to open this week's theme.  What I find refreshing about NPR’s spoof is that it avoids the sententious laments that so often come with those “how the web ruins our ability to pay attention / think / remember” arg ...
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  Season? Finale?

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  Kristen Heflin University of Alabama

  May 19, 2011

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  Season? Finale? season finales Curator's Note It wasn’t long ago when I sat huddled with my girlfriends and a batch of martinis during the series finale of Sex and the City. It was a sad day. Our glamorous friends were scheduled to disappear forever. ...
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  Bug vs. Book: The Eternal Struggle

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  Dina Benson George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

  March 27, 2008

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  Bug vs. Book: The Eternal Struggle viral video preservation oddities new media libraries Book Care affect academy Curator's Note “Book Care,” a video showcasing the pitfalls of mishandling library books, is the product of a partnership that includes ...
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  Yaari, men in drag, and gays: tracing the changing dynamics of queer male sexuality in popular Hindi cinema

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  Sreya Mitra University of Wisconsin, Madison

  April 24, 2008

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  Yaari, men in drag, and gays: tracing the changing dynamics of queer male sexuality in popular Hindi cinema South Asian sexuality queerness Page 3 masculinity Life in a…Metro Bollywood Curator's Note Male homoeroticism in yaari (colloquial Hindi for ...
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  Writers & Authorship

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  Julia Himberg University of Southern California

  December 21, 2007

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  Writers & Authorship labor authorship WGA showrunners Curator's Note In film, authorship traditionally belongs to the director. In TV it belongs to the producer. A strand of academic thought has alternatively considered the death of the auteur in ...
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  Whopper Virgins: Nanook Revisited?

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  Chris Boulton University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  January 26, 2009

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  Whopper Virgins: Nanook Revisited? viral video Orientalism advertising fast food Burger King Whopper Virgins taste test Nanook other identity Curator's Note This faux documentary viral video ad campaign from Burger King reminds me of that infamous sc ...
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  Opposite day: Arabs and Our Surveillance Society

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  Tarik Elseewi University of Texas at Austin

  April 02, 2009

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  Opposite day: Arabs and Our Surveillance Society Conflict Middle East arabs in american media Curator's Note My first thought upon being asked to present something on media and conflict in the Middle East was ah, they must be talking about my stout, ...

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