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  Can Catwoman Challenge Patriarchy?

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  Michael Lecker George Mason University

  September 28, 2007

  Batman driven narrative? What ideologies is Selina questioning with such quotes as “Tell me I’m not in ...
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  Southern Reconstruction: On Killer Mike’s ‘Reagan’

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  Charles P. Linscott Ohio University

  September 03, 2014

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  America, Mike spits his last line: “I’m glad Reagan dead.” But, while Reagan the man is dead, his ...
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  Lampooning Failure in the ‘Mom-com’ Genre

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  Rachel Williamson University of Canterbury

  May 07, 2019

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  has an accident in the movie foyer. When Audrey follows her to the bathroom, Sophie cries “I’m a mess” ...
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  You have options …

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  Janet McCabe and Kim Akass Manchester Metropolitan University

  June 26, 2007

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  everything is possible with a gold credit card paid for by daddy, but surely the paradox speaks to a broader ...
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  Does the Princess say ‘yes’? Portraying consent in Disney’s The Little Mermaid

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  Emily Venuti

  Andrew Ó Baoill National University of Ireland Galway

  January 20, 2021

  Ariel's literal lack of voice - and Ariel is not part of the verbalised conversation about the possible ...
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  Social Constructivism, Ideology & the Politics of Representation

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  Jeff Share UCLA Teacher Education Program

  April 18, 2013

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  Social Constructivism, Ideology & the Politics of Representation social constructivism politics of representation Media Literacy ideology critical media literacy Curator's Note An important distinction between media literacy and critical media li ...
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  Everything’s Connected: Conspiracy, Critique, and Articulation

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  John Roberts University of Colorado Boulder

  December 13, 2023

  such a linkage is possible: “Thus, a theory of articulation is both a way of understanding how ... representation—representation not as figurative but as figuration, or as expression—is possible? If conspiracy theory is ...
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  Professional Lives

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  Derek Kompare Southern Methodist University

  March 12, 2010

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  Professional Lives procedural drama police labor ideology feminism CSI crime Curator's Note   Middle-class adulthood is the central procedure represented in procedural drama. TV cops, lawyers, and doctors aren't only shown doing their jobs; they ...
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  Mothers and Daughters: Watching The Gilmore Girls

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  Barbara Selznick University of Arizona

  February 19, 2008

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  Mothers and Daughters: Watching The Gilmore Girls gender representation WB melodrama Gilmore Girls auto-ethnography affect motherhood ideology guilty pleasures Curator's Note I wait until late in the semester to tell my students that I was a loyal vi ...