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  The Many Texts of Textless Paratexts

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  Johannes Mahlknecht University of Innsbruck, Austria

  March 17, 2014

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  trailer only funny if we know the source it's adapting. The line, "I’m here because I’m ...
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  Re: What Would Nancy Do? Jenji Kohan’s Female Anti-Hero

  Crazy/Sexy/Cool

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  Sasha T. Goldberg Indiana University Bloomington

  Sunday, March 16, 2014 — 5:47 pm

  empowered (and powerful?) state. At least in light of the show, this transition is only possible when in an ...
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  The Essence of a Women's Prison: Where Orange Is the New Black Falls Short

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  Daisy Ball Framingham State University

  March 14, 2014

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  industrial complex,” and I’m afraid it misses that chance. Because OITNB is based on Piper Kerman’s memoir, ...
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  Re: "Yeah, Maybe A Lighter Butch": Outlaw Gender and Female Masculinity in Orange Is The New Black

  Bad, Crazy and Butch

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  Maya Montanez Smukler UCLA & The New School

  Thursday, March 13, 2014 — 4:13 pm

  sides and as a result a much bigger picture and better characterization. But come to think of it, we ...
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  Re: Orange Is the New Black and the Women’s Prison Genre

  The discourse on class in (the) prison (genre)

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  Thursday, March 13, 2014 — 4:03 pm

  Great post, Vernon. I’m glad you brought up the important role that class plays in the women’s ...
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  Orange Is the New Black and the Women’s Prison Genre

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  Vernon Shetley Wellesley College

  March 13, 2014

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  Orange Is the New Black and the Women’s Prison Genre “Women’s Prison Film” “Lesbianism in Film” “Genre” OITNB Curator's Note The women’s prison genre has, over its many decades, spawned a substantial body of recurring tropes. These include sadistic a ...
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  "Yeah, Maybe A Lighter Butch": Outlaw Gender and Female Masculinity in Orange Is The New Black

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  Sasha T. Goldberg Indiana University Bloomington

  March 12, 2014

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  "Yeah, Maybe A Lighter Butch": Outlaw Gender and Female Masculinity in Orange Is The New Black queer Outlaw lesbian Female Masculinity Dyke Butch America Curator's Note In the interview titled, "Big Boo Wasn't Originally Supposed ...
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  What Would Nancy Do? Jenji Kohan’s Female Anti-Hero

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  Maya Montanez Smukler UCLA & The New School

  March 11, 2014

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  live. However, the end of season 1 suggests that Piper has a dark side that would rival even Nancy ...
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  Re: The Kids Are Alright (And So Are the Mothers)

  Patriarchy establishes a

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  Hakan Topal Purchase College, SUNY, New York

  Wednesday, March 5, 2014 — 10:44 pm

  institution. In that regard, when I said 'radical possibility' I was referring to re-formulation of ... resisting side-by-side, mother+daughter develops a new form of subjectivity, potentially a radical one. That ...
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  Re: The Kids Are Alright (And So Are the Mothers)

  Patriarchal society

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  Melis Behlil Kadir Has University

  Wednesday, March 5, 2014 — 10:06 pm

  by "a radical possibility in the mother-children dynamic," could you expand that? I'm ...

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