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  Righteous Anger and the Fear of a Black Planet in Taxi Driver

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  Greg Oguss University of Southern California

  March 20, 2008

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  a commentary on the “Black is Beautiful” era, which dates back to James Brown’s 1968 hit “Say It Loud (I’m ... Black and I’m Proud),” a song that became the soundtrack to the following decade, featuring ...
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  Transgression, Confession, and Ying Yang Twins’s “Wait (The Whisper Song)”

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  Michael Z. Newman University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

  February 20, 2008

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  cultural values and norms. I think this last benefit in particular is what I’m getting from telling you how ...
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  Girl Power: Revisited

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  Elizabeth Franko University of Houston

  June 15, 2007

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  of Shampoo significantly shift the traditional construction of femininity and offer a possible source ...
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  Who’s a Terrorist? Global hip-hop, Palestinian nationalism, personalized (my)space

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  October 17, 2007

  to articulate political and social rebellion, outsider status, and struggle. I don’t know what quite ...
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  Performance and the Pursuit of Stardom in Anvil: The Story of Anvil

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  Jesse Schlotterbeck Denison University

  August 12, 2015

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  possible that the band could make it big. This blurry, unrestored VHS footage is followed by shots of ...
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  “Darkness Falls Across the Land”: Pre-Existing Music and Strange Associations

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  Elizabeth Rosemary Hunt University of Liverpool

  October 28, 2017

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  Things. Also interesting is how sparingly Jackson’s vocals appear. It is possible Price’s monologue was ...
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  Fever Ray Takes the Plunge: Queer Rage and the Limits of Control

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  Michael Frazer Auburn University

  May 11, 2018

  table with xyr detached "feminine" captor/lover(?) (though possibly not female identifying- ...
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  Satanic Panic at Sleepaway Camp: Freeform's Dead of Summer

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  Dana Och University of Pittsburgh

  November 30, 2016

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  Satanic Panic at Sleepaway Camp: Freeform's Dead of Summer teen tv Satanic Panic music Media and Occult Freeform ABC Family Curator's Note The resurgence of the Satanic Panic in media objects in 2016, whether in novels like Girls on Fire and My ...
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  Performing Proximity to Fame in RU Talkin’ R.E.M. RE: Me?

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  Justin Owen Rawlins The University of Tulsa

  July 29, 2019

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  Performing Proximity to Fame in RU Talkin’ R.E.M. RE: Me? podcast celebrity fandom music performance Curator's Note “This is RU Talkin’ R.E.M. RE: Me?,” begins Scott Aukerman at the outset of every episode of his co-hosted podcast, “the comprehensive ...
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  Driver Picks the Music. Shotgun Shuts His Cakehole

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  Ailea Merriam-Pigg

  November 17, 2020

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  Driver Picks the Music. Shotgun Shuts His Cakehole supernatural music Kansas Winchester Led Zeppelin Curator's Note As we approach the end of Supernatural after 15 years, I can’t help but think back to that first episode where Sam accused Dean of onl ...

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