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The Question Concerning Technological Humor

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Aaron Dickinson Sachs Saint Mary's College of California

June 07, 2016

creating an instrument to suit our vision of a humorous world. I’m left wondering, if it were possible to ...

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Monster of Monsters: Rendering the Abject in Magic: the Gathering

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Hannah Scharlin-Pettee Independent

June 06, 2016

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Monster of Monsters: Rendering the Abject in Magic: the Gathering the abject Magic: the Gathering game mechanics Curator's Note In Monster Culture: (Seven Theses), Jeffrey Jerome Cohen offers a reading of monsters as symbolic constructs that embody s ...

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Re: Making America Great Again: Nostalgia, Hucksterism, and the Empty Signifier

Trump being Trump...

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D. Elisabeth Glassco Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Saturday, June 4, 2016 — 8:53 am

nothing to lose and can act accordingly. That is why, as you noted, he can appeal to both sides of the ...

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Re: Trump audiences: Fired up! Ready to rumble!

Trump just the latest GOP iteration...

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D. Elisabeth Glassco Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Saturday, June 4, 2016 — 8:43 am

actually protest events. We should also look at how the other two candidates on the Democratic side have ...

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Re: Trump audiences: Fired up! Ready to rumble!

the brand

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Robert Spicer Millersville University

Friday, June 3, 2016 — 5:01 am

between the two sides. Finally, as for the GOP's brand in relation to the audience's behavior, ...

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Re: Trump audiences: Fired up! Ready to rumble!

Good post Robert. I’m

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Aaron Dickinson Sachs Saint Mary's College of California

Thursday, June 2, 2016 — 8:40 pm

(much like the left-side of the Democratic party is continually "appeased"during the primary ...

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Amy Schumer's Mirrors

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Lisa Glebatis Perks Merrimack College

June 02, 2016

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Amy Schumer's Mirrors Racial Stereotypes humor comedy as mirror comedy amy schumer Curator's Note Amy Schumer's rise in comedy coincided with allegations of racial and ethnic insensitivity. Stacey Patton and David J. Leonard wrote in The Wa ...

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Trump audiences: Fired up! Ready to rumble!

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Robert Spicer Millersville University

June 02, 2016

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Trump audiences: Fired up! Ready to rumble! Trump political violence masses mass culture audience studies Curator's Note In The Citizen Audience Richard Butsch discusses changing social norms surrounding theater audiences in mid-19 th century America ...

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Re: Pretty Little Peaks: Policing the Gendered Boundary of Quality Television