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  Re: The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV

  Is it possible that a more

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  Radhika Gajjala Bowling Green State University

  Sunday, April 15, 2007 — 9:12 pm

  Is it possible that a more globally aware and nuanced "desi" is emerging out of this? It ...
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  “Define Good”: The Anxious Pleasures of Subscribing to HBO

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  April 13, 2007

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  and high-mindedness but must simultaneously seek out as many new subscribers as possible and continue ...
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  Re: The Last Lion King of Scotland

  Nice job - I would highly

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  Jason Mittell Middlebury College

  Thursday, April 12, 2007 — 1:16 pm

  Nice job- I would highly recommend the pedagogical possibilities of having students do such ...
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  The Last Lion King of Scotland

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  Davis Jung Brown University

  April 12, 2007

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  The Last Lion King of Scotland Africa representation stereotyping mashup praxis Lion King Last King of Scotland Must Love Jaws Ten Things I Hate About Commandments deconstruction Curator's Note With the age of the internet and such websites as YouTub ...
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  Re: “She’s a Marvel”: Daytime Soaps and Transmedia Storytelling

  Very interesting clip, and

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  Derek Kompare Southern Methodist University

  Wednesday, April 11, 2007 — 4:27 pm

  possibilities, I agree that, despite the great formal similarities that already exist between comics and soaps, ...
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  “She’s a Marvel”: Daytime Soaps and Transmedia Storytelling

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  Elana Levine

  April 10, 2007

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  “She’s a Marvel”: Daytime Soaps and Transmedia Storytelling superheroes comic books crossover soap operas Guiding Light Marvel Enterprises transmedia storytelling cancellation ratings gimmick genre conventions genre hybridity Curator's Note Harley Da ...
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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

  17 comments

  The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV youth culture transnational South Asian promo MTV India immigration Desi Curator's Note In this video titled, "You are not an Indian," a young male addresses viewers who like him are neither just American ...
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  Subway Subtext: Jack in Japan

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  Miranda Banks Loyola Marymount University

  April 03, 2007

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  Subway Subtext: Jack in Japan Lost in Translation Kiefer Sutherland Japan globalization celebrity endorsement advertisement 24 Curator's Note The subway hurtles through the tunnel, paralleling Jack Bauer’s dogged, singular intention. No one—not even ...
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  Re: Steel Magnolia: Nancy Grace and the Epistemology of Place

  I'm fascinated by the

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  Friday, March 30, 2007 — 7:30 pm

  I'm fascinated by the gendered ways in which the personal (tragedy and experience) legitimates Grace's political discourse and branding, providing "intimacy" and "vulnerability" (stereotypically coded as feminine) that both o ...
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  The Many Lessons of “Spiders on Drugs”

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  Brian L. Ott Colorado State University

  March 27, 2007

  first thing that struck me about it, aside from the fact that it's ridiculously funny, is that ...

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