Monday, June 20 2011
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright: The Role of the Asian American in American Pop Culture
From New York magazine to Punk Planet, Audrea Lim shows us how recent Asian American writing sensations Wesley Yang and Amy Chua get it wrong in their interpretations of what it means to be of Asian descent in American at the dawn of the 21st century.
Thursday, February 10 2011
Race in Rapture: Black Characters in ‘BioShock 2’ and ‘Minerva’s Den’
In BioShock 2 and Minerva’s Den, Grace Holloway and Charles Porter’s racial identities link them to specific historical and cultural subjects without turning them into stereotypes or purely symbolic characters.
Friday, May 28 2010
Race in America, Race in Music: Different Trains, Same Two Tracks
It's an American pop music creation myth: that blues and folk music developed along two distinct tracks, with their own distinct traditions, divided along racial lines. The truth is, of course, far more slippery and complicated.
Monday, January 4 2010
This New Year’s Eve Really Did End with a Bang
Nothing like spending New Year's Eve with couple of white guys pretending to be black guys during a war-time year worthy of blowing its own brains out.
Friday, October 9 2009
Slumming: Sexual and Racial Encounters in American Nightlife, 1885-1940 by Chad Heap
If you want to understand race and sexuality in the United States, don't bother with policy -- look at entertainment!
Monday, September 14 2009
Verse-Chorus-Verse: Eminem - “White America”
Pop Heroism, One Song at a Time
Tuesday, June 12 2007
The Race: Ice Station
Ice Station serves as a very rewarding point of intersection, creating a central crossing for three roads which have seen, and continue to welcome, adventuresome sojourn.
