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  The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV

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  Madhavi Mallapragada University of Texas at Austin

  April 05, 2007

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  The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV youth culture transnational South Asian promo MTV India ... not South Asians but of South Asia. People of South Asian origin in the United States commonly refer ... one's identity as South Asian but also as being "outside South Asia". As the young man reminds ...
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  Hmong Bollywood

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  Jigna Desai University of Minnesota

  April 18, 2008

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  Hmong Bollywood diaspora South Asian Bollywood Hmong immigration adaptation dubbing ... transnationalism Curator's Note Is it possible to be a diaspora without a “homeland” cinema or media? What ... burdens,” and like other Asian Americans as “perpetually foreign.” As Louisa Schein has written, far from ...
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  Whiteness and Transcultural Sketch Comedy

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  Walter Metz Montana State University

  March 07, 2007

  Captain "Kork" (Christian Tramitz) orders Mr. Sulu (portrayed as an over-the-top Asian ...
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  Bridges, Tunnels, Fences, and Moats: Border Visual Metaphors in The Bridge (TV series, FX, 2013)

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  Hector Amaya University of Virginia

  February 18, 2015

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  the possibilities of entering or exiting. Borders, particularly the border between USA and Mexico, ... present a rich array of possibilities for crossing. Some of these possibilities are found in the TV show ... backdrop of economic exploitation made possible by neoliberal understandings of free trade, this popular ...
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  Will the Wolf Survive, Los Lobos

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  Joseph Straubhaar University of Texas at Austin

  November 13, 2007

  3 comments

  Will the Wolf Survive, Los Lobos immigration Latinos Los Lobos memory music video Youtube Curator's Note This video reminds me of my own process of discovery about Latino culture. I grew up in a small farming town in rural Southwest Idaho with severa ...
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  After Macaca: Virginia’s Next Youtube Moment

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  Tasha Oren University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

  October 31, 2007

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  After Macaca: Virginia’s Next Youtube Moment Youtube race immigration politics elections scandal Liberty 9500 Virginia Curator's Note Forget Iraq. For those surprised by the effectiveness and overwhelming dominance of the gay marriage issue in motiva ...
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  Latino Hip Hop: The Complexity of Challenging the Status Quo

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  Mari Castaneda University of Massachusetts at Amherst

  November 12, 2007

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  Latino Hip Hop: The Complexity of Challenging the Status Quo transnationalism sexism race patriarchy music video Latinos Kinto Sol immigration hip hop demographics consumer citizenship Curator's Note Latina/o media and popular culture is in a moment ...
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  El Cazador de la Ciudadana

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  Dana Heller Old Dominion University

  March 10, 2009

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  El Cazador de la Ciudadana immigration slash fiction El Cazador de la Inmigrantes, anime queer citizenship Curator's Note El Cazador de la Ciudadana (The Hunter of the Citizen)   I am using this week’s theme to call attention to the ways in which que ...