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Tag archive for ‘Masculinity’

<strong>Orientalized Masculinities in Contemporary Australian Cinema</strong><br /><em> Jane Park / The University of Sydney </em>

Orientalized Masculinities in Contemporary Australian Cinema
Jane Park / The University of Sydney

An investigation of Asian masculinities in Little Fish and Japanese Story.

<p></p><p>Redefining Indecency

Redefining Indecency

by: John McMurria / DePaul University
Television networks fearful of steep fines and consumer backlash rush to ensure decency standards are upheld. This article looks at indecency in myriad of ways, from the Superbowl pre-game and half-time shows to the funeral of Coretta Scott King.

<p></p><p>Comedy is a Woman in Trouble

Comedy is a Woman in Trouble

by: Heather Hendershot / Queens College
Questioning Comedy Central’s fixation on the male audience.

Boy Soaps: Liberalism Without Women

by: Allison McCracken / DePaul University
What’s old is new again on television, as prime-time boy soap operas like Everwood, Jack and Bobby, Life As We Know It, Summerland, The Mountain, One Tree Hill, Smallville and The OC have come to replace girl-centered teen dramas like My So-Called Life, Popular, and Buffy.

Watching Westerns in Old Europe

by: Patrick J. Walsh / Universität Passau
Americans are rich and they use the Western to explain why. So said one of my students in a class on the Western at the University of Passau in southern Germany.

<p></p><p>Overhaulin’ TV and Government (Thoughts on the Political Campaign to Pimp Your Ride)

Overhaulin’ TV and Government (Thoughts on the Political Campaign to Pimp Your Ride)

by: James Hay / University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
These days, the expression “overhauling” is in the air (and “on the air.”)