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Dangerous message : the material effects of Enough, A
Domestic violence is a cultural epidemic in U.S. society. How we define, perceive, and treat domestic violence is a product of the material rhetorics about it. Since film is a prominent mode of rhetorical discourse, I ... -
Mixed messages : resistance and reappropriation in rave culture
This essay concerns the dynamic tension between resistance and reappropriation in the youth subcultural practice of raving. We argue that the transgressive potential of underground rave culture lies primarily in its ... -
Memory and myth at the Buffalo Bill Museum
Few places tell the myth of the American frontier more vigorously than the Buffalo Bill Museum does in Cody, Wyoming. Traveling to the museum through the 'Western' landscape of Wyoming into the foothills of the Rockies ... -
Popular imagination and identity politics : reading the future in Star Trek: The Next Generation
Through an analysis of the popular syndicated television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, this essay begins to theorize the relationship between collective visions of the future and the identity politics of the ... -
"I'm Bart Simpson, who the hell are you?" : a study in postmodern identity (re)construction
Difference- and subsequently, identity- is now defined and affirmed through consumer choice. Though generally the author is compelled by the theoretical claims surrounding this apparent shift, in this article he wishes to ... -
Memorializing the Holocaust : Schindler's List and public memory
No effort to memorialize the Holocaust has been as far reaching in American culture as Steven Spielberg's 1994 film, Schindler's List. As a result of its nearly unanimous acclaim, Schindler's List is now being heralded as ... -
Intertextuality : interpretive practice and textual strategy
In contemporary media scholarship, the concept of intertextuality is used to describe both an interpretive practice of audiences and a stylistic device consciously employed by producers of media. This study examines how ... -
(Re)Locating pleasure in media studies : toward an erotics of reading
ab-stract, (n.) 1. a summary of points (as of a writing) usu. presented in skeletal form.(adj.) 1. difficult to understand: abstruse. (vt.) 1. dissociate, remove, separate. This essay concerns how language is, at once, ... -
Counter-imagination as interpretive practice : futuristic fantasy and The Fifth Element
This essay concerns the relationship between popular cinematic visions of the future and present day identity politics. The authors argue that despite its futuristic setting celebrating technological progress and ... -
Bridging scholarly theory and forensic practice : toward a more pedagogical model of rhetorical criticism
In this essay, the author contends that competitors in the event of rhetorical criticism, or communication analysis (CA) as it is alternatively called, are locked into a model that poses serious questions about the educational ... -
Rhetorical operatives in selected blues lyrics of Bessie Smith
A joint study of music and rhetoric allows for the expansion of the function and scope of both disciplines. This study is concerned with the periphery of rhetoric, specifically, its relationship to 1920s Blues. Thus, the ... -
Uses and gratification study of public radio audiences, A
This thesis sought to find out why people listen to public radio. The uses and gratifications data gathering approach was implemented for public radio audiences. Questionnaires were sent out to 389 listener/contributors ...
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