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Abjection Incorporated: Mediating the Politics of Pleasure and Violence (By the Book)
Maggie Hennefeld and Nicholas Sammond
22 Nov 2019
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'The View from Somewhere' Exposes the Dangerous Myth of 'Objective' Reporting
'Objectivity' in journalism has become a shield for privilege and a weapon for right-wing pundits, argues Lewis Raven Wallace in his work, The View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity.
18 Oct 2019
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Adjusting the Focus on Somali-Americans: 'First Person Plural' and 'Muslim Youth Voices'
Eric Tretbar's First Person Plural and PBS' shorts Muslim Youth Voices both offer new representations of Somali-Americans. A significant contribution, given the Islamophobic frameworks that structure most cinema, television, and popular culture in general.
30 Apr 2019
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Scholar Mel Stanfill's 'Exploiting Fandom' Takes on Big Business and Media Manipulation
Exploiting Fandom brings together mainstream sports fandoms and speculative media fandoms, often finding strong correlations between the two.
12 Apr 2019
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'On Press' Shows That Journalism Has Survived Tough Times Before
Matthew Pressman's engaging, historical dive into the fourth estate, On Press, looks at the forces that contributed to the decline of news in print, gave rise to interpretive reporting, and the new challenges and advantages available to news reporters and consumers today.
21 Jan 2019
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'Struggling for Ordinary' in the Everydayness of Transgender Life
In light of disempowering messages, how do people find ways to empower themselves?
23 Aug 2018
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'The Hatred of Literature' Will Deeply Satisfy Lovers of Literature
This is a deep dive into the history of literature and the murky threats it's faced that have only served to make it stronger.
06 Feb 2018
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'The Art of Confession' Ties Together Threads of Performance
Scholar Christopher Grobe crafts a series of individually satisfying case studies, then shows the strong threads between confessional poetry, performance art, and reality television, with stops along the way.
13 Dec 2017
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The Walkman Is Dead, Long Live the Walkman
Personal Stereo explores novelty, norm, and nostalgia.
28 Sep 2017
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On Expanding Our Field of Vision: '3D Cinema and Beyond'
The best essays here simultaneously engage with like-minded scholars and inform casual readers of 3D’s importance in filmmaking.
29 Apr 2014
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The Wow Climax by Henry Jenkins
Jenkins is writing about things that make him go "wow," but he needs to remember his readers won't always feel the same way.
Mikita Brottman
24 Apr 2007
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