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Tag archive for ‘Identity’

<p></p><p>Região, Raça, e Clase Social: Recepcão de TV na Salvador, Bahia

Região, Raça, e Clase Social: Recepcão de TV na Salvador, Bahia

by: Joe Straubhaar / University of Texas at Austin
O mito de democrácia racial no Brasil posiciona o pensamento crítico sobre os textos de televisão em termos de classe, mas entrevistas em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, mostra uma tendência entre algumas pessoas de pensar em termos raciais e criticos. / A widespread myth of racial democracy in Brazil tends to position critical thinking about television texts in terms of class, but interviews in Salvador, Bahia show an emerging tendency among some to think in more critical racial terms.

<p></p><p>Queering Justin

Queering Justin

by: Hector Amaya / Southwestern University
How does the Justin character on Ugly Betty factor into and complicate debates about queer representations on television?

<p></p><p>Global Television and Multiple Layers of Identity

Global Television and Multiple Layers of Identity

by: Joseph D. Straubhaar / University of Texas-Austin
How do we relate to increased local, regional, national, and global television flows?

<p></p><p>Move over Marshall McLuhan! Live from the Arctic!

Move over Marshall McLuhan! Live from the Arctic!

by: Faye Ginsburg / NYU
Connecting Inuit culture to the rest of world using film and the Internet.

<p></p><p>Fans of Lesbians on TV: <em>The L Word’s </em>Generations

Fans of Lesbians on TV: The L Word’s Generations

by: Jill Dolan / University of Texas at Austin
What The L Word gets “right” about lesbian relationships.