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Behind the Laughter Curtain: Image(in)ing Later Life Marriage through Comedy

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Melissa Aleman James Madison University, School of Communication Studies

March 25, 2009

such representations to render possible images as obscene, such as older adult sexuality, infidelity, ... and talk about those stories that we imagine the unseen and unspoken possibility for later life ... a narrative space for viewers to imagine, not only a host of possible punch lines, but also the relationship ...

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Indigenous Cinema and Visual Language(s): Why Should We Be Teaching These Films?

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Pam Wilson Reinhardt University

May 07, 2009

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visual stylings of photography and film as well as the shapes of narratives. The place where I’m best ... this interest ghettoized outside of my everyday teaching of classes in mass media, film studies, and ...   So that has begun to change—and with wonderful responses by my undergraduate students. I’m realizing ...

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Getting rid of the idea that older adults are television addicts

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Margot van der Goot Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands

March 26, 2009

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Only some people watch for want of something better: as compensation for things that are not possible ... (anymore). I’m wondering whether older people in different cultures and different countries experience ...

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‘I’m Not a Homophobe, It’s Just Not Central to the Plot’: Colonizing Queer Spaces on Battlestar Galactica

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Avi Santo Old Dominion University

January 30, 2009

‘I’m Not a Homophobe, It’s Just Not Central to the Plot’: Colonizing Queer Spaces on Battlestar ... (and possibly in masking their homophobia). Where some producers in the 1970s sought to make TV ... a slippery means of transforming possible bigotries into matters of personal preference – for the plot ...

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Nadya Suleman: Drag Mom and/or Social Menace

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Ronald Becker Miami University

March 11, 2009

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Note Although so much has already been said about Nadya Suleman in the popular press (and I’m sure ... clear, I’m not troubled by her “irresponsible” decision to implant 6 embryos at a time when she was ... (I’m not saying that that wasn’t irresponsible, just that I’m not all that troubled by it.) I suppose ...

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"Not Ready to Make Nice": Indigenous Music Video and Lessons of History

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Michelle Raheja University of California, Riverside

May 05, 2009

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using the Dixie Chicks’ lyrics as a prompt: “Forgive, sounds good. Forget, I’m not sure I could. They ... say time heals everything, but I’m still waiting.” The video transforms the lyrics from an ...

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"Possible or Probable?": An Imagined Future of the Book

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Kathleen Fitzpatrick Michigan State University

December 02, 2009

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"Possible or Probable?": An Imagined Future of the Book screen ebook book Curator's ... Note "Possible ou Probable?," a video produced by the French publishing group Editis, ... presents a fascinating set of possible futures for reading devices. (Don't worry if you don't ...

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10am Carnaby Street: Kate Modern and the Ephemeralisation of Online Drama

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Elizabeth Evans University of Nottingham

February 16, 2009

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ephemeral media Curator's Note This column is based on a paper I’m giving at the ‘Ephemeral Media’ ...

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'Mohr' No More? Advertising the Other in German-Speaking Europe

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Susanne Hamscha Free University Berlin

October 28, 2009

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Austrian customers, namely “Mohr im Hemd” ice cream. “Mohr im Hemd,” a warm chocolate cake served with ... colonialism and slavery. But “Mohr im Hemd,” be it as ice cream or in its usual cake form, is not the only ...

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