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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 ...
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  “Money, Shame and Reparation: A Moment from The Sopranos”

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  Jason Jacobs University of Queensland

  June 28, 2007

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  “Money, Shame and Reparation: A Moment from The Sopranos” character narrative race HBO The Sopranos aesthetics camera movement decor Curator's Note Season three, ‘Another Toothpick’ and Tony and Carmela are driving home after a joint session with Mel ...
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  Feminist Sopranos

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  Maurice Yacowar University of Calgary

  June 29, 2007

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  Feminist Sopranos HBO gender masculinity The Sopranos Curator's Note The drama opens on this sculpture in Dr Melfi's office. Tony is introduced as discomfited by Woman, indeed caught in its scissor. The old skirt-chaser fears the feminine. He� ...
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  It’s Not TV, It’s PeePee

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  Walter Metz Montana State University

  September 21, 2007

  University Press has recently re-released Peter Lehman's seminal study, “Running Scared: Masculinity and ...
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  Sunday driver: What does AMC's scheduling say about its branding?

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  Andrew Daglas ChicagoNow.com

  November 03, 2011

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  back at least to The Sopranos, which aired its first-run episodes on Sundays between 1999 and 2007. ... be first-class dramas. As a sign of this, AMC has restricted its first-run original programming to ...
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  Storytelling and the Role of Imagination in Educational Children's TV of the 1980s

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  Caroline Ferris Leader University of Texas at Austin

  February 01, 2012

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  concerns of child development. In the 1980s, trending educational thought on imagination as a learning tool ... energetic learning tools” despite the existing focus on “logical thinking.”  However, imaginative learning ... is complex, with seemingly real but unquantifiable benefits to children’s learning. This fascination ...
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  Hung Out to Dry: HBO’s Cancellation Habit

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  Maya Montanez Smukler UCLA & The New School

  May 14, 2012

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  letting series run their course. Ray’s sexcapades paired him with Tanya (Jane Adams), a feminist poet ...
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  'Enlightened' or Not?: How HBO Learned to Trust Its Viewers But Not Its Shows

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  May 15, 2012

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  'Enlightened' or Not?: How HBO Learned to Trust Its Viewers But Not Its Shows ...
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  Owning Her Abjection: Lena Dunham's Queer Feminist Sexual Politics

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  Maria San Filippo Emerson College

  January 07, 2013

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  Owning Her Abjection: Lena Dunham's Queer Feminist Sexual Politics Catherine Breillat feminist girls HBO Julia Kristeva Lena Dunham nudity queer the abject the body Curator's Note From the 2007 YouTube short featuring her bikini-clad and brushin ...
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  The Price of Privilege: HBO's Girls and the Logic of Post-

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  Chris Tokuhama University of Southern California

  January 11, 2013

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  The Price of Privilege: HBO's Girls and the Logic of Post- Post-race Post-feminism HBO girls Curator's Note The reaction to HBO’s Girls (2012-present) was immediate and, at times, highly critical, pointing to a notable lack of racial diversity i ...

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