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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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  Transgression, Confession, and Ying Yang Twins’s “Wait (The Whisper Song)”

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  Michael Z. Newman University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

  February 20, 2008

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  cultural values and norms. I think this last benefit in particular is what I’m getting from telling you how ...
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  It's Easy to Be Green

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  Allison Page University of Minnesota

  June 04, 2013

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  It's Easy to Be Green whiteness race Environmental Media consumerism Curator's Note During the last several years, there has been an explosion of “green” media in the United States that aligns with (and capitalizes on) increasing concern about c ...
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  Hulk Smash Wimpy White Man Who is Also Hulk: Reasserting Masculine Authority through Masochism

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  March 21, 2008

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  Hulk Smash Wimpy White Man Who is Also Hulk: Reasserting Masculine Authority through Masochism whiteness race gender adaptation masculinity superheroes masochism Marvel Enterprises CBS 1970s destabilize David Savran reflexive sadomasochism backlash Incred ...
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  South Park’s Ironic Whiteness

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  Ted Gournelos Old Dominion University

  January 14, 2008

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  South Park’s Ironic Whiteness whiteness race South Park Comedy Central destabilize Michael Richards Richard Dyer George Lipsitz irony A Time to Kill Training Day Curator's Note As scholars like Richard Dyer and George Lipsitz have pointed out, one of ...