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  The Maggie Cheung We Don’t See

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  Xueli Wang Yale University

  March 27, 2023

  making films. Shortly after becoming the first Asian performer to win Best Actress at Cannes for her ... the unknown. In the moments when Cheung suddenly fills the screen, we are startled by the possibility ... possibility of unimagined modes of being and desiring elsewhere. Who, where, in what world, is the Maggie ...
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  “But Does He Know How to Wind You Up?” Gwen Stefani Samples The Sound of Music

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  Jane Park University of Oklahoma

  February 19, 2007

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  performance race gender music video intertextuality sampling Orientalism Asian Curator's Note A student ...
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  Tatiana plays Alison playing Sarah: Costumes and Clone Swaps

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  Staci Stutsman Syracuse University

  April 17, 2015

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  of course I’m your mom,” Alison says in a strained English accent. Maslany’s acting style allows Kira ...
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  “Where Does a Girl Have to Go to Find a Pool Table: Gender Performance, Leisure, and The L Word in Second Life”

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  Kelly Kessler DePaul University

  April 22, 2008

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  a butch to do? I’m not wholly sure what to make of this. This fantasy meeting place seems to be solely ...
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  Infinite Auditions: Dance as Data Set and Habit

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  Anna Beatrice Scott University of California -- Riverside

  December 07, 2007

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  moving body apart, fixing joints as relational algorithmic equations and creating a database of possible ...
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  Black Women as Godfathers and Gangstas: Set It Off's Divergence from the New Black Aesthetic

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  Philana Payton University of California, Los Angeles

  November 09, 2020

  reference that pays homage directly to The Godfather. As the quartet discusses the possibility of robbing ...
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  Live, Love, Labor: Bill Duke's The Killing Floor and the Performance of Politicized Sociality

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  NicholasForster Yale University

  November 11, 2020

  history of pain and possibility. It is through Gunn that we understand Williams’ past reckoning with the ...
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  Lady Gaga and the High Heels of New Feminism

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  Madison Moore Yale University

  August 04, 2010

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  Lady Gaga and the High Heels of New Feminism Queer Performance pop music performance Lady Gaga Grammy's Drag Armani Curator's Note Lady Gaga showed up at the 2010 Grammy Awards in a dress that was as fabulous as it was hazardous. Designed by Arm ...
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  Orphan Black and the Performance Text of Attractions

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  R. Colin Tait Texas Christian University

  April 07, 2014

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  Orphan Black and the Performance Text of Attractions Television Acting Tatiana Maslany performance Orphan Black Curator's Note   Quality Television depends on quality acting. Period. Though new titles in TV Studies scholarship- such as Elana Levine a ...