Tom Jacobs over at Salon.com takes note of the rise in roles for South East Asians on film and T.V. Why now? For the answer, Jacobs goes to Shilpa Davé, an assistant prof. of American Studies. She explains it this way: …demography, technology, global politics, and, of course, commerce. She notes that producers and directors are [...]
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On the media and its discontents
The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media Gladstone, Brooke. W. W. Norton & Company: 2011
category: Bookmarks
American Identity on Display
Hillbilly Handfishin’ Sundays at 10 p.m. ET on Animal Planet. Check your local listings. In which Two locals named Skipper and Trent lead city folk and solid suburbanites on fishing trips and, all in all, offer a redneck safari experience. There is very much wading, plashing, ploshing, and galumphing through water that, legend has it, [...]
category: Things General
tags: national identity, television