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  Beyond the Script: What Format Adaptations Tell Us about the Global Circulation of Culture

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  Vinicius Navarro Georgia Institute of Technology

  November 15, 2011

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  formats begin to “travel” is not so predictable. Format adaptations involve creative imitation. Formulas ...
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  Re: American Dreams, Israeli Formats: The Newfound Success of Israeli Formats on U.S. TV

  Israeli cultural affinity to U.S.

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  Joseph Straubhaar University of Texas at Austin

  Tuesday, November 15, 2011 — 4:41 am

  I just want to make the point that cultural proximity usually has to work on at least two levels: between ...
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  Who Wants to be an Indian? Re-imagining Reality with Global TV Formats

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  Lauhona Ganguly The New School

  November 17, 2011

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  Who Wants to be an Indian? Re-imagining Reality with Global TV Formats reality TV India global formats Curator's Note When Who Wants to be a Millionaire was reproduced in India the globally circulated format was renamed in Hindi as Kaun Banega Crorep ...
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  Intimate Stranger: "Homeland" and narrative formats

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  Tasha Oren University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

  November 18, 2011

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  adaptation of the Israeli hit drama Hatufim (Prisoners of War), which begins its second season next month ...
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  Re: Who Wants to be an Indian? Re-imagining Reality with Global TV Formats

  Great thought provoking intervention!

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  Sharon gsu

  Tuesday, November 22, 2011 — 1:15 pm

  that presents many methodological and theoretical challenges. How do we begin to assess the ...
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  Redemption, Privilege and Identification: the Narrative of Michael Vick’s Return to Atlanta

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  Bryce McNeil Georgia State University

  November 29, 2011

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  Redemption, Privilege and Identification: the Narrative of Michael Vick’s Return to Atlanta Sports scandals narrative framing Curator's Note The first quarterback to lead the Atlanta Falcons to three straight winning seasons, one might assume that Ma ...
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  Re: Redemption, Privilege and Identification: the Narrative of Michael Vick’s Return to Atlanta

  Vick v. Ryan: The Race Card, Again

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  Samir Dayal Bentley University

  Tuesday, November 29, 2011 — 1:58 pm

  due at least in part to the way it feeds this myth. It would be interesting to hear more from you ...
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  Re: Redemption, Privilege and Identification: the Narrative of Michael Vick’s Return to Atlanta

  When is a black quarterback NOT a black quarterback?

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  Bryce McNeil Georgia State University

  Tuesday, November 29, 2011 — 5:17 pm

  and does not correspond to their reality (or perception of it, at the very least). One could look at ...
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  Dressing for (Dis)Occupation: On Subject Positioning and the 'Occupy' Movement

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  Elspeth Van Veeren University of Sussex

  December 07, 2011

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  Dressing for (Dis)Occupation: On Subject Positioning and the 'Occupy' Movement Occupy dress discourse assessing the occupy movement Curator's Note  What you wear is political. Whether consciously or unconsciously, through choice or not, dre ...
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  That Soothing Balm of Latent Discontent: MAD MEN Unstresses the 21st Century

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  Frank Kelleter Göttingen University (Germany)

  December 12, 2011

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  That Soothing Balm of Latent Discontent: MAD MEN Unstresses the 21st Century television series seriality Popular Seriality Mad Men Curator's Note MAD MEN is part of a larger group of popular series that share a competitive interest in televisual &quo ...

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