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• In Media Res
  Re: Erasure and Glorification: Competing Representations of "Flyover Country"

  rural versus urban representations

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  Staci Stutsman Syracuse University

  Tuesday, January 7, 2014 — 12:04 am

  Thanks for this post, Dr. Harkins- you make a lot of interesting points. What strikes me as most provocative is your assertion that the term and idea of flyover country has “steadily erased” the “rural and even non-coastal United States from the airwaves. ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Erasure and Glorification: Competing Representations of "Flyover Country"

  Yes- I’ve read Johnson’s

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  Staci Stutsman Syracuse University

  Tuesday, January 7, 2014 — 2:22 pm

  Yes- I've read Johnson's book, it's fantastic! I'll pick up this thread about comedy in my post at the end of the week in which I will discuss Roseanne and how the show often invites the viewer to laugh at the Connors instead of with t ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Erasure and Glorification: Competing Representations of "Flyover Country"

  Great point! I look forward

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  Staci Stutsman Syracuse University

  Tuesday, January 7, 2014 — 10:48 pm

  Great point! I look forward to reading your post. ...
• In Media Res
  Re: “People around these parts don’t eat that way”: Representations of Midwestern Taste in Roseanne

  Heartland/Hinterland

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  Staci Stutsman Syracuse University

  Saturday, January 11, 2014 — 9:46 pm

  Thanks for your comment- I agree wholeheartedly with your comment about the stars' personal lives. There is definitely a tension with respect to Roseanne's star sign as her character Roseanne Connor is so tied up with Roseanne's own past (d ...

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