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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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  Family Affairs: Gay Visibility and Hegemonic Masculinity in ’70s TV

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  Joe Wlodarz University of Western Ontario

  March 18, 2008

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  admit to their gay crushes as teenagers before Willie runs off to make amends with Zeke. In the shift ...
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  Burgundy Histories? WEWS-TV “Catch 5!” 1970s promo

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  Mark Williams Dartmouth College

  February 26, 2008

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  E.W. Scripps’ legacy is that he trusted local editors to know best how to run local newspapers. Today, ...
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  Celebrating Kandy Fong: Founder of Fannish Music Video

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  Francesca Coppa Muhlenberg College

  November 19, 2007

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  Celebrating Kandy Fong: Founder of Fannish Music Video women visual essay stardom Star Trek slide show music video Leonard Nimoy Kandy Fong Joni Mitchell history fandom fan vids 1970s Curator's Note Remix culture didn't start with the Internet. ...
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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 ...