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  Indian Idol and Flash Fandom

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  Aswin Punathambekar University of Michigan

  November 21, 2007

  5 comments

  focused on how finalist Amit Paul managed to create a space for people in northeast India to cast aside ...
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  Re: ABBA 1974: The Birth of Swedish Modernity?

  Sweden has long been the

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  Tuesday, November 20, 2007 — 12:09 am

  aside Eurovision from most other reality television series is their ability to promote diversity and ...
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  Re: SíTV and the emergence of English-language Latino television networks

  Interesting points. I'm

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  Mary Beltran University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Sunday, November 18, 2007 — 7:16 pm

  Interesting points. I'm very curious also to see what SiTV and similar networks will become and whether to my eye they will feel very "Latino" (not that we could ever really define what that would look like). I see these networks and shows ...
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  Re: Will the Wolf Survive, Los Lobos

  Both of you bring up

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  Mari Castaneda University of Massachusetts at Amherst

  Friday, November 16, 2007 — 10:39 am

  challenges the viewer to think more broadly about the lyrics, how do the images narrow the possibility of ...
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  Re: Latino Hip Hop: The Complexity of Challenging the Status Quo

  All of your reflections and

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  Mari Castaneda University of Massachusetts at Amherst

  Friday, November 16, 2007 — 10:35 am

  certain ideological positions are reinforced, and thus, limiting the possibility of liberation... ...
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  Re: What is so comical about old choreography?

  Really interesting points

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  Mari Pajala University of Turku (Finland)

  Tuesday, November 13, 2007 — 3:55 pm

  indicate the clip is from the same year, so it is possible that the Grease reference was intentional, ...
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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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  Re: After Macaca: Virginia’s Next Youtube Moment

  I am glad that Ms. Oren shed

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  Tuesday, November 13, 2007 — 12:57 am

  another civil rights movement and possibly even riots similar to those in Los Angeles in the early 90s. ...
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  Re: After Macaca: Virginia’s Next Youtube Moment

  George Allen’s ‘06

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  Tuesday, November 13, 2007 — 12:26 am

  a thoughtless, racist comment seemed to be almost too good to be true. I’m pretty sure that deep down we all know ...
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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

  4 comments

  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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