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Reality TV in Indonesia
During my past few blog posts I have been talking about reality tv’s influence within America. But I not only want to explore the effects reality tv has in our own country – I want to explore it’s world wide … Continue reading
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Performing Butler
This week’s discussion centered on Judith Butler and her article on identity and gender. Butler’s article introduced some very interesting concepts including gender, identity, performing identities. We especially liked that her article was more personal and somewhat relatable than some … Continue reading
Escaping reality by watching reality tv
TV Where Too Far Is Never Far Enough I found Seth Kaufman’s statement from the above article extremely fascinating: “As long as channels can market these shows so they remain in the national conversation at work, on Facebook and in … Continue reading
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Should I name my daughter Honey Boo Boo or Snookie?
Naming a child is one of the most important decisions to be made during a pregnancy. You are essentially creating the part of their identity. We typically tend to name our children after a family name that has passed on … Continue reading
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Where did our soul go?
Our group was extremely interested in Jameson and Harvey’s arguments regarding postmodernism effect on art. Both theorists agree that the art, architecture, and literature that are produced today lacks the depth and soul found in work before postmodernism. Jameson argues … Continue reading
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Confessions of the “Dirty Jerz”
New Jersey or as many refer to it as The Dirty Jerz. The stomping ground of guidos, real housewives, and Snookie. The place where “we don’t pump our gas we pump our fists” is chanted on a daily basis. I … Continue reading
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Mythologies Discussion
Barthes’ writing pushed our group to look deeper into the meaning of things such as holidays, wine, striptease and travel and the myths that surround them. The first essay we discussed was “The Writer on Holiday” and determined that the … Continue reading
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Our Nation: American pop culture obsession?
This week’s cafe discussion was about Our Nation a short documentary about punk rock in South Korea. We all agreed on enjoying the film and how it explained the beginnings and development of punk rock in Seoul, S. Korea. We enjoyed … Continue reading
The Syrian Uprising
During our discussion our group felt that the ideas of Gramsci and Williams were very applicable to the events currently taking place in Syria. As Gramsci states in his work a social group’s power is established through two ways: “domination” … Continue reading
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