Film & Cultural Studies
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From ![]() The Verdict of the AntigoneFrom: Antigone v. Creon |
Discussion of the verdict, not as a jurisprudential conclusion about justice in the abstract sense, but rather as an ambiguous observation about what has transpired. | Roger S. Fisher | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() The Yes, But/Yes, And GameSign Reading, Deconstruction From: The Power Manual |
The Yes, But/Yes, And game comes from the field of theater. The goal for the actor is to keep the story going, even in tricky interactions. Therefore, blocking and accepting are key acting … | Cyndi Suarez | 4 | 2018 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() Theater as Interaction and Identity CreationHigh Status and Low Status Characters From: The Power Manual |
Theater as Interaction and Identity Creation, explores the first of two social spaces that at their core are about the exchange of power — theater and games. Fundamentally, to act is to … | Cyndi Suarez | 11 | 2018 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Theories in MotionMapping the Roots and Routes of a Rebel Generation From: Thinking While Black |
In this chapter the author introduced the work of Paul Gilroy, a British scholar of global African American Studies and Armond White, an American music and film critic. | Daniel McNeil | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
![]() NEW! Thinking While BlackTranslating the Politics and Popular Culture of a Rebel Generation |
This uniquely interdisciplinary study of Black cultural critics Armond White and Paul Gilroy spans continents and decades of rebellion and revolution. Drawing on an eclectic mix of archival … | Daniel McNeil | 222 | 2022 | View |
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From ![]() Topsy-Turvy Dolls and Shirley TempleFrom: Uncle |
In this chapter, Thompson examines another character from Uncle Tom’s Cabin who became a stock figure, Topsy. | Cheryl Thompson | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() Trade Agreements and Canadian Cultural Policymaking |
Explores how Canada can protect its culture in upcoming trade negotiations (as of 2019) and offers suggestions to how policymaking can better protect Canadian culture. | Garry Neil | 15 | 2019 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() Trials, Law Courts, and TheatresFrom: Antigone v. Creon |
Discussion of the overlap between the theatre and the courtroom in ancient Athens. | Roger S. Fisher | 8 | 2014 | $0.80 Add |
![]() UncleRace, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Loyalty |
Jackie Robinson, President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, O. J. Simpson and Christopher Darden have all been accused of being an Uncle Tom during their careers. How, why, … | 272 | View | ||
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From ![]() Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima 2.0From: Uncle |
This chapter examines the recent re-branding of commercial caricatures such as Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima. Now silent trademark characters, they no longer speak in advertisements and are reduced … | Cheryl Thompson | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() Uncle Tom and Black CapitalismFrom: Uncle |
This chapter concerns the rise of Black conservatism in the 1980s and early 90s, as exemplified by figures such as Clarence Thomas. | Cheryl Thompson | 23 | 2021 | $2.30 Add |
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From ![]() Uncle Tom and EvaFrom: Uncle |
In this chapter, Thompson examines the illustrations that gave Uncle Tom’s Cabin much of its lasting appeal. | Cheryl Thompson | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() Uncle Tom on the Big ScreenFrom: Uncle |
This chapter explores the first on-screen depiction of Uncle Tom. He was portrayed by a white actor in blackface in a film made by Thomas Edison. | Cheryl Thompson | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() Uncle Tom’s 1960s TransformationFrom: Uncle |
This chapter focuses on the 1950s and 60s, a time of events that would forever define both the civil rights protests and the state-sanctioned violance that followed. During this era, Uncle Tom … | Cheryl Thompson | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Uncle Tom’s CabinFrom: Uncle |
This chapter explores Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, which was an explosive success in antebellum America. It also examines Uncle Tom himself, who in the novel was a devout and pious … | Cheryl Thompson | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() Using Production Studies to Analyze Canada:A People’s History From: Cultural Industries.ca |
Olivier Côté draws attention to English–French tensions in cultural production in Canada and demonstrates the insights provided by using a “production studies” approach. | Olivier Côté | 19 | 2012 | $1.90 Add |









