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Author: Hector Amaya / Southwestern University

Television’s Docile Subservience to the Law

September 14, 2007 Hector Amaya / Southwestern University 6 comments

by: Hector Amaya / Southwestern University

The abundance of legal and law enforcement programming begs some exploration.

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Neoliberal Parenting and Television

July 19, 2007 Hector Amaya / Southwestern University 3 comments

by: Hector Amaya / Southwestern University

The media has succeeded at channeling advertisers’ messages and at creating a world where labor is decentered, consumption is centered, and good
parenting is done with a credit card.

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Hutto’s Children: Maddening Structures of Absence

May 18, 2007 Hector Amaya / Southwestern University 8 comments

by: Hector Amaya / Southwestern University
YouTube allows unseen detained children the chance to be witnessed, but is anyone watching?

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Queering Justin

March 22, 2007 Hector Amaya / Southwestern University 9 comments

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

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Film is the New Low, Television the New High: Some Ideas About Time and Narrative Conservatisms

January 12, 2007 Hector Amaya / Southwestern University 17 comments

by: Hector Amaya / Southwestern University
Are television viewers more receptive to aesthetic and narrative sophistication than film viewers?

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Segregados: Why it is OK to Ignore Spanish-Speaking Television

October 20, 2006 Hector Amaya / Southwestern University 5 comments

by: Hector Amaya / Southwestern University
The segregation of Spanish-speaking entertainment from the rest of mainstream television serves not only as a barrier to Latino integration into American society, but also reinforces the idea that there is something logical and reasonable about segregating Spanish from our English-speaking lives.

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