Media & Society
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From ![]() The Virtual World of PeaceFrom: Peacemakers |
Looks at how the public understands peace issues and technology’s role in this. | 15 | 2014 | $1.50 Add | |
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From ![]() The War Becomes a Mission (Impossible) |
This chapter focuses on Canadian public and military policy and the mythologisation of military history versus the reality of war. It discusses violence in our media and culture, "warrior … | Noah Richler | 61 | 2012 | $6.10 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 ![]() Toxic Addiction MachinesFrom: Reset |
Chapter 2 examines the interplay between social media and social psychology. The job of social media engineers is to design their products in such a way as to capture and retain users’ … | Ronald J. Deibert | 55 | 2020 | $5.50 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 ![]() Turbulent WatersFrom: Canada’s State Police |
In this chapter, Marquis examines how the Royal Canadian Mounted Police evolved through reforms and public scrutiny. He describes how Indigenous demands for treaty rights were attacked and … | Greg Marquis | 32 | 2024 | $3.20 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 |











