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  The “N” Word

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  Tim Havens University of Iowa

  February 12, 2007

  always run up against the fact that meaning only inheres in the social uses of culture, in the encounter ...
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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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  Yellow Fever: Born Digital on Battlestar Galactica

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  Lisa Nakamura University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

  July 09, 2007

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  Yellow Fever: Born Digital on Battlestar Galactica stereotyping Sci-fi representation race digital Battlestar Galactica Asian Curator's Note Sharon Valerii, played by Korean-Canadian actress Grace Park, is a young, pretty, highly educated Asian woman ...
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  New Orleans and the Symbolic Politics of Place and Poverty

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  Mark Vail Tulane University

  August 15, 2007

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  New Orleans and the Symbolic Politics of Place and Poverty race elections Hurricane Katrina NOLA John Edwards poverty meritocracy American dream Curator's Note At first, John Edwards’s announcement of his presidential campaign from New Orleans’ devas ...
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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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  After Macaca: Virginia’s Next Youtube Moment

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  Tasha Oren University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

  October 31, 2007

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  After Macaca: Virginia’s Next Youtube Moment Youtube race immigration politics elections scandal Liberty 9500 Virginia Curator's Note Forget Iraq. For those surprised by the effectiveness and overwhelming dominance of the gay marriage issue in motiva ...
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  Infinite Auditions: Dance as Data Set and Habit

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  Anna Beatrice Scott University of California -- Riverside

  December 07, 2007

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  Infinite Auditions: Dance as Data Set and Habit appropriation performance race competition dance video games the body MMOG Curator's Note Bodiless bodies are stacked inside the rhythm and moves; fleshless dancers skim keys eliding their epidermal rea ...
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  “Just One Catch”: Wild on the CW

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  Cynthia Chris College of Staten Island, City University of New York

  January 23, 2008

  and Stephanie Niznik— relocate to South Africa to run a guest lodge. Their children are conveniently ...
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  “You Got No Idea What’s Goin’ On On That Island!”: What SNL Can Teach Us About Lost

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  Ivan Askwith Big Spaceship

  February 13, 2008

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  running commentary throughout from a cynical viewer of the show, who insists that Lost’s writers have no ...
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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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