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Art Therapy? Wal-Mart Heiress Bankrolls Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
With images of Real Housewives of New York’s Ramona Singer still lingering in my mind after the sponsor ad for “Kris pino grigio” popped up in my NPR Media Player, my attention was sharply redirected
Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog
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Poked, Prodded, Fried and Foamed: How Fancy Food Distracts Us from Reality
Food. Some of us eat too much of it, and many more do not have enough to adequately survive. The relationship between food and culture throughout history is incredibly complex, and even today is stu
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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The Hodgepodge of Communication
The intricate nature of media consumption and communication is a characteristic not necessarily caused by on today’s hyper-mediated world. Rather, it is a product of media and communication phenomena
Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog
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Hung Up on You
Hung Up on You from Colleen Valentine on Vimeo. For my multimedia piece this semester, and in conjunction with Garrison LeMaster’s Digital Texts class, I created a vid. Ooo, a video you say! How nice
Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog, Video
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Planning for Unpredictability
How good are we at predicting the future? Much of economics is about reducing risks, and you reduce risks by planning for the future. We invest in innovative infrastructure in preparation for the fu
Categories: 2011, Globalization Column, The Gnovis Blog
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The Presence of Absence: Asexuality and the Creation of Resistance
Abstract This paper investigates the existence of asexuality or ace identity. The aim of the paper is twofold, to examine the emergence of a seemingly impossible identity and to consider the consequen
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Confronting the Uncertain: On Crisis, Time Sociology and the Narration of Dangerous Times
Abstract This article is an attempt to explore the concept of crisis and its relevance within sociology through a focused analysis on the literature of the sociology of time and attending the role nar
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Some Vampires Are Real: Racial Stereotypes and Dominant Fears (Re)presented in the Black Vampire of American Popular Film
Abstract This essay investigates how the gothic figure of the vampire may come to embody racial stereotypes and dominant fears about black men and black women through representations of the vampire of
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Friendship Trouble: An Examination of the Gay Best Friend Identity in American Consumer Culture
Abstract Contemporary culture has become saturated with the gay best friend. In July, 2010, Teen Vogue published an article calling the gay best friend a “must have item”. The ubiquity of the gay best
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American Amazons: The Gendered Construction of Hillary Clinton, Samantha Power, and Susan Rice in the Libyan Conflict
Abstract The business of building a case for war has rarely been an easy one. In the case of the U.S. intervention in Libya in 2011, an added dimension of gendered politics acted as a stumbling block