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The 2008 Academy Awards… and the Evil Just Outside the Frame

The 2008 Academy Awards… and the Evil Just Outside the Frame(4)

February 28, 2008

Many of the films featured at this year’s Oscars — including Best Picture winner No Country for Old Men — feature a morally ambiguous conclusion in which the evil still lurks “out there.” What does this say about our contemporary social experience?

What’s Good for General Motors…

What’s Good for General Motors…

An examination of the narrative strategy and effectiveness of the Chevy “Our Country. Our Truck.” ad campaign.

A Place at the Table: <em>Aliens in America</em> and US policy in the ‘Islamic World’

A Place at the Table: Aliens in America and US policy in the ‘Islamic World’

A consideration of the political uses of Aliens in America

1001 Arabian Plights: On Mediated Resistance

1001 Arabian Plights: On Mediated Resistance

A look at the ways audiences in Arab countries create mediated resistant narratives.


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