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Hyperreal Gangster Hybridity in Snow on tha Bluff
Annie Major / University of Texas at Austin(1)
October 14, 2012
Race and the aesthetics of authenticity in hyperreal television.
Alton Brown: Good Eats, mad science and masculinities in the kitchen
Irina Mihalache / American University of Paris
Alton Brown and men who play well in the kitchen.
How We Talk About Media Refusal, Part 3: Aesthetics
Laura Portwood-Stacer / New York University
How refusing media becomes a part of taste culture.
The Ambiguously Gay Duo of Sherlock: Sexual Aesthetics and the Limits of Cinematic Language
Camille DeBose / DePaul University
An examination of the role of sexuality on BBC’s Sherlock.