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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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  Celebrating Kandy Fong: Founder of Fannish Music Video

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  Francesca Coppa Muhlenberg College

  November 19, 2007

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  expertise and equipment. We have the featured vid, "Both Sides Now" (1980), literally thanks to ... both stylistically and technologically, "Both Sides Now" is the grandmother of fannish vids. ... way." In "Both Sides Now," Fong emphasizes an aspect of Spock's character which has been ...
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  ABBA 1974: The Birth of Swedish Modernity?

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  Christian Christensen Karlstad University — Sweden

  November 05, 2007

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  side of the Swedish Lutheran ethic: safe but boring cars, holier-than-thou social democracy, ...
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  Burgundy Histories? WEWS-TV “Catch 5!” 1970s promo

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  Mark Williams Dartmouth College

  February 26, 2008

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  particular fosters an opening of reading possibilities, I want to encourage more possibilities than camp ... Burgundy histories?- that deploy camp to new advantage. Or might such projects conflict with a possible ...
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  Luke Spencer: General Hospital’s Repentant Rapist

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  Elana Levine

  March 19, 2008

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  Luke Spencer: General Hospital’s Repentant Rapist patriarchy gender rape masculinity masochism soap operas 1970s General Hospital violence guilt Curator's Note As the 1970s drew to a close, the most popular character on US daytime television soap ope ...
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  Hulk Smash Wimpy White Man Who is Also Hulk: Reasserting Masculine Authority through Masochism

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  March 21, 2008

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  Hulk Smash Wimpy White Man Who is Also Hulk: Reasserting Masculine Authority through Masochism whiteness race gender adaptation masculinity superheroes masochism Marvel Enterprises CBS 1970s destabilize David Savran reflexive sadomasochism backlash Incred ...
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  'I was like right there with Charo on the Carol Burnett Stage"

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  Meenasarani Linde Murugan Fordham University

  March 02, 2018

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  'I was like right there with Charo on the Carol Burnett Stage" Variety RuPaul's Drag Race 1970s Curator's Note RuPaul's love for 1970s variety television is seen in this All Stars recreation of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In w ...
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  What is so comical about old choreography?

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  Mari Pajala University of Turku (Finland)

  November 09, 2007

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  What is so comical about old choreography? history globalization nostalgia music video Scandanavia Finland Armi & Danny 1970s Grease dance comedy Gregorious YMCA context Curator's Note Many of the most widely circulated clips of old Finnish telev ...
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  Kung Fu and Cowboys: Hip Hop Cinema in the 1970s?

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  Cutler Edwards UC San Diego

  September 05, 2012

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  Kung Fu and Cowboys: Hip Hop Cinema in the 1970s? youth culture transnational radicalism race popular culture multiracial kung fu hip hop cowboy colonialism breaking breakdance b-boy 1970s Curator's Note We should consider popular 1970s films as pref ...