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  Can TV See Class? Or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Believe in the American Dream

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  Robert Cannon California State University, Los Angeles

  September 23, 2011

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  episode, at least one scene reminded viewers that, despite what the American dream implies, those born into ...
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  Re: NBC Comedy, 2011 Style

  Qualified optimism

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  Megan Mullen University of Wisconsin-Parkside

  Sunday, September 25, 2011 — 5:30 pm

  least mildly, seem to challenge their existence (my money at the moment is on Raising Hope--seems more ...
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  You Can't Turn a Ho into a Housewife: Basketball Wives and the Politics of Wifedom

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  Racquel Gates College of Staten Island, CUNY

  September 26, 2011

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  You Can't Turn a Ho into a Housewife: Basketball Wives and the Politics of Wifedom reality TV and otherness Basketball Wives African American Curator's Note In this clip from the popular VH1 reality show, Basketball Wives, the cast confronts a k ...
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  Re: You Can't Turn a Ho into a Housewife: Basketball Wives and the Politics of Wifedom

  Ring as Signifier

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  Roger Almendarez Northwestern University

  Tuesday, September 27, 2011 — 5:15 pm

  provides alternative definitions of "wife," or at the very least challenges its exclusivity. ...
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  The Great American Dream Machine

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  Laurie Ouellette University of Minnesota

  October 03, 2011

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  The Great American Dream Machine satire PBS history of television culture wars Curator's Note This past summer, PBS affiliates aired a commemoration of the 40th anniversary of The Great American Dream Machine (PBS, 1971-1972), one of the earliest (an ...
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  Re: The Great American Dream Machine

  I had the exact same reaction

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  Allison Perlman University of California-Irvine

  Monday, October 3, 2011 — 5:16 pm

  creative--and least politically timid--era of public television programming. In gesturing back to this period, ...
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  Exploring 'Educational Entertainment': ‘On (the) Ontogeny of Orange Oscar’

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  Josh Shepperd Catholic University

  October 05, 2011

  5 comments

  Exploring 'Educational Entertainment': ‘On (the) Ontogeny of Orange Oscar’ Educational Technology Media Advocacy media history PBS Public Broadcasting radio Curator's Note What are the origins of PBS programming? More importantly, why did S ...
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  Re: Exploring 'Educational Entertainment': ‘On (the) Ontogeny of Orange Oscar’

   Good stuff!

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  Patrick Cox Rutgers, Department of Childhood Studies

  Thursday, October 6, 2011 — 1:00 pm

  Kidd, at least, on those “______ for Dummies” books and those series of non-fiction “graphic novels” ...
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  Global National Public Television and Canada’s "Little Mosque on the Prairie"

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  Kyle Conway University of North Dakota

  October 07, 2011

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  Global National Public Television and Canada’s "Little Mosque on the Prairie" Curator's Note I spent this summer interviewing the creators of the program Little Mosque on the Prairie, which has aired on the English television network of the ...
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  Re: Global National Public Television and Canada’s "Little Mosque on the Prairie"

  Ah, distribution

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  Kyle Conway University of North Dakota

  Friday, October 7, 2011 — 3:47 pm

  Canadian programs distributed to the United States, at least that I know of, have been either sketch comedy ...

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