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  Re: “Define Good”: The Anxious Pleasures of Subscribing to HBO

  Just to follow-up Dave's

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  Jason Mittell Middlebury College

  Tuesday, April 17, 2007 — 4:16 am

  Just to follow-up Dave's point, I think HBO does play multiple sides of the gender street, as ...
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  Re: The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV

  Is it possible that a more

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  Radhika Gajjala Bowling Green State University

  Sunday, April 15, 2007 — 9:12 pm

  Is it possible that a more globally aware and nuanced "desi" is emerging out of this? It ...
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  “Define Good”: The Anxious Pleasures of Subscribing to HBO

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  April 13, 2007

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  and high-mindedness but must simultaneously seek out as many new subscribers as possible and continue ... hold of its patriarchal reigns by embracing its masochistic side and “taking it like a man”. Might HBO ...
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  Re: The Last Lion King of Scotland

  Nice job - I would highly

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  Jason Mittell Middlebury College

  Thursday, April 12, 2007 — 1:16 pm

  Nice job- I would highly recommend the pedagogical possibilities of having students do such ...
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  The Last Lion King of Scotland

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  Davis Jung Brown University

  April 12, 2007

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  The Last Lion King of Scotland Africa representation stereotyping mashup praxis Lion King Last King of Scotland Must Love Jaws Ten Things I Hate About Commandments deconstruction Curator's Note With the age of the internet and such websites as YouTub ...
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  Re: “She’s a Marvel”: Daytime Soaps and Transmedia Storytelling

  Very interesting clip, and

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  Derek Kompare Southern Methodist University

  Wednesday, April 11, 2007 — 4:27 pm

  possibilities, I agree that, despite the great formal similarities that already exist between comics and soaps, ...
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  Re: “She’s a Marvel”: Daytime Soaps and Transmedia Storytelling

  (And as a side note, her

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  Jason Mittell Middlebury College

  Tuesday, April 10, 2007 — 6:12 pm

  (And as a side note, her powers remind me of American Maid from The Tick- domesticity unbound!) ...
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  “She’s a Marvel”: Daytime Soaps and Transmedia Storytelling

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  Elana Levine

  April 10, 2007

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  “She’s a Marvel”: Daytime Soaps and Transmedia Storytelling superheroes comic books crossover soap operas Guiding Light Marvel Enterprises transmedia storytelling cancellation ratings gimmick genre conventions genre hybridity Curator's Note Harley Da ...
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  It’s That Time of the Season: The British Invade American Idol

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  Alisa Perren University of Texas at Austin

  April 09, 2007

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  to the adoption of new films, clothes and hairstyles on both sides of the Atlantic. The money to be ...
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  The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV

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  Madhavi Mallapragada University of Texas at Austin

  April 05, 2007

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  The Making of “Desi” Culture on MTV youth culture transnational South Asian promo MTV India immigration Desi Curator's Note In this video titled, "You are not an Indian," a young male addresses viewers who like him are neither just American ...

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