13.07 – Flow

Bromance and the Boys of Boston Legal
Kelli Marshall / University of Toledo

January 28, 2011 Kelli Marshall / DePaul University 12 comments

Marshall explores the homosocial “bromance” of Alan Shore and Denny Crane in “Boston Legal” leading up to the series’ climax.

1979 is 2011: Post-Punk on the Road Again
Norma Coates / University of Western Ontario

January 28, 2011 Norma Coates / University of Western Ontario 7 comments

Coates waxes nostalgic as the punk bands who defined p

Problems in “Wellywood”: Rethinking the politics of transnational cultural labor
Bridget Conor / Goldsmiths College, University of London

January 28, 2011 Bridget Conor / Goldsmiths College, University of London 4 comments

Bridget Conor examines the politics of transnational cultural labor in last fall’s Hobbit dispute.

Let’s All Read this Text
Ann Johnson / Cal State University, Long Beach

January 28, 2011 Ann Johnson / Cal State University, Long Beach 5 comments

An exploration of audience response to satire and the “ridiculous” through a video about a banana.

Disaster Zones and the Performance of Television
Graeme Turner / University of Queensland

January 28, 2011 Graeme Turner / Queensland University 5 comments

The disastrous flooding in Queensland, AU, calls into question the way in which television engages with local communities during moments of crisis.

Haunting Crime: the Gothic, the Grotesque and the Paranormal
Yvonne Tasker / University of East Anglia

January 28, 2011 Yvonne Tasker / University of East Anglia 2 comments

Tasker examines the linkage between the stylized traditions of the Gothic and the crime genre.