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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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debuted on CBS November 4, 1977 and would run for 87 episodes until 1982, followed by three made for TV ... radiation after learning how a black mother was able to rescue her son from a trapped car under similar ... masculinity-on-the-run formula that would become popular in the 1980s (The A-Team, Knight Rider), in which Banner ...
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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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“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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“Define Good”: The Anxious Pleasures of Subscribing to HBO narrative branding HBO masculinity Rome genre quality TV masochism premium cable Curator's Note HBO’s anti-television branding strategies are also gendered affairs. If TV and its viewers have ...