A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Helen Wheatley explores the trend of families in television dramas who grapple with the processes of grief and mourning.
Read moreErique Zhang reflects on the tension in both trans and Asian American representation in Isabel Sandoval’s Lingua Franca.
Read moreThrough analysis of representation of abortion on screen, Maria San Filippo illustrates the ways in which “Maude’s Dilemma” remains relevant to modern audiences and feminist media scholars.
Read moreIsabel Molina-Guzmán explores how normative visual expectations around race and ethnicity in US casting culture impact the opportunities for Black/Latina/x actors.
Read moreRukmini Pande traces how mainstream narratives of fandom history and fandom spaces have been characterized by white-centricity, racism, and anti-Blackness.
Read moreKate Fortmueller explores the ramifications of contemporary labor conflicts on the entertainment industry in the digital landscape.
Read moreThrough close analysis of three frames, Betty Kaklamanidou considers the intergenerational female conflicts, and eventual friendship, on the HBO Max series Hacks.
Read moreCatherine Martin lays out a historical trajectory of crime and policing on television.
Read moreQuinn Miller discusses the Filmways company and the potential of using our everyday environments for research.
Read moreBrandy Monk-Payton explores the shift from racial relevance to an active reckoning with race through the lens of Black Lives Matter television.
Read morePhilip Scepanski describes the effects of television’s engagement with 9/11 on our emotional responses to national trauma.
Read moreRavynn K. Stringfield identifies how Black female artists and authors have “reimagined” historical and previously white narratives.
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