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Being Guy Fieri: The “chef-dude” and the geography of a bro kitchen
Irina Mihalache / American University of Paris(1)
September 11, 2012
Irina Mihalache explores Guy Fieri’s kitchen and demonstrates how the geography of the space and the objects in the kitchen transform a space for cooking into a space for play where even men with tattoos, 1960s red convertibles and electric guitars can feel at ease.
The Medical Gaze, Your Health and You Black Hawk Hancock / DePaul University
Black Hawk Hancock draws attention to the ways that direct-to-consumer advertisements (DCTA) work as mirrors to induce us to think about ourselves as bodies, as selves, as patients, and as consumers.
How We Talk About Media Refusal, Part 2: Asceticism
Laura Portwood-Stacer / New York University
Digital diets, fasts, cleanses, and the politics of asceticism.
Pigmalion: Animality and Failure in Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
Andrew Scahill/George Mason University
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and the “white trash spectacle”