A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Wendy Peters examines “post-” political representations — post-racial, post-closet — and the ways in which they erase the realities of racism, homophobia, and normative privilege from the teen televisual landscape.
Read moreManuel G. Aviles-Santiago explores the enduring popularity of televised beauty pageants in Latin America as a transnational phenomenon and as a celebration of Latinidad.
Read moreBambi Haggins investigates the fall of Bill Cosby and what this means for the Black community, both for those raised on his wholesome, uplifting image and millennials, who may only come to know him as a hypocritical sexual predator.
Read moreGarret Castleberry discusses the history of Hammer Horror films and examines them in relation to Turner Classic Movies’s (TCM) seasonal horror programming.
Read moreLouisa Stein examines the divide between traditional fan vidding communities and newer fan vidding practices, arguing for the embrace a larger cultural creative framework that honors the specifics of communities and specific fan practices.
Read moreProfessor Dan Herbert explores the global flows of home media in the Midwest, specifically addressing how these flows interacted with ethnic composition.
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