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(Im)Possible Asias: Introduction

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Anirban Baishya University of Southern California

March 14, 2016

(Im)Possible Asias: Introduction identity cinema (Im)Possible Asias Curator's Note Where is ... that we speak of “(Im)Possible Asias,” where the limits on these multiple imaginations always linger on ... valuable inputs on this post (Im)Possible Asias from Darshana Sreedhar Mini ...

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Hurry Up and Wait

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Joshua Gleich University of Texas-Austin

August 16, 2016

collection, I’m moving step by step from an idea to an actual manuscript. The first monograph seems to move in ... anyone thought you should have written the manuscript in the first place. I sometimes feel like I’m back ... the proposal as soon as possible to get the wheels in motion. The book proposal is out to a few ...

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Is blocking a preemptive strategy?

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Jacqueline Vickery University of North Texas

September 01, 2016

before she blocks them? Is it possible she had already been the target of harassment and she was tired of ... and which were misogynistic trolls? Because that sounds like a lot of time and work. I’m all for ... to block those who didn’t. I’m using Schumer as a controversial conversation starter, but it seems no ...

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From Cold War Alcoholism to Post-9/11 Patriotism: The Repurposing of David Bowie's '"Heroes'"

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Zack Stiegler Indiana University of Pennsylvania

May 03, 2016

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preceded in the set by 1997’s “I’m Afraid of Americans,” Bowie often prefaced ‘”Heroes’” by telling ... to occur outside of the original artist’s control (parodies, remixes, mashups, use in film, ...

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Gotta Catch On: Intertextuality and the Popularity of Pokémon Go

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Katharine McCain The Ohio State University

October 15, 2016

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to spread Pokémon Go to as wide an audience as possible, including non-gamers. Initially Niantic ... Episode 40. This not only cashed in on twenty years of nostalgia, but also encouraged fans outside the ... possibilities. How awesome would it be if Eleven, Negasonic, and Furiosa were the same being, the ultimate ...

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James Tobias University of California, Riverside

October 13, 2016

how? I’m thinking about this question- and the relation of Khalil Joseph’s films to the larger contexts ... speaks- in my understanding- and I’m paraphrasing and interpreting here using a critical idiom that Joseph ... comes in the rhythmic lyric of works like Shabazz Palaces chanting of “I’m free” in “Black Up,” which ...

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