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| Preface | |
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| Getting Started with Definitions: A Refresher List | |
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| American Character and Image | |
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| Whats Great About This Country | |
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| Marlboro Country: Advertising | |
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| The American I | |
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| Awakening from the American Dream: The End of Escape in American Cinema | |
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| The Futile Pursuit of Happiness | |
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| Questions for Making Connections | |
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| Images of Masculinity and Femininity Dove, Strategy | |
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| One, Nancy Etcoff | |
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| Only Two Percent of Women Describe | |
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| Themselves as Beautiful | |
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| Decoding Victorias Secret: The Marketing of Sexual Beauty and Ambivalence | |
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| From Knockout Punch to Home Run: Masculinitys Dirty Dozen Sports Metaphors in American Combat Films | |
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| Why Dont We Like the Human Body? | |
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| Questions for Making Connections | |
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| Children and Family | |
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| APA Congressional Testimony on Media | |
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| Violence and Children: Testimony of on Behalf of the American Psychological Association | |
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| American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) | |
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| Violent Television Programming and Its Impact on Children | |
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| The Simpsons: A Reflection of Society and a Message on Family Sandra Tsing Loh | |
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| Shopworn: Like the Valley Girls Who Made It Famous, the Suburban Mall Is | |
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| Now on the Wrong Side of Forty Questions for Making Connections | |
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| Race and Ethnicity | |
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| The Myth That Would Not Die: The Sopranos, Mafia Movies, and Italians in America | |
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| Trying to Get Beyond the Role of the Maid; Hispanic Actors Are Seen as Underrepresented, with the Exception of One Part | |
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| Different Stories | |
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| Sports, Media Culture, and Race Some Reflections on | |
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| Brent Staples, Editorial Observer: How Hip-Hop Music | |
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| Lost Its Way and Betrayed Its Fans Questions for Making Connections | |
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| Education: Popular Culture and the Academy | |
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| Scholars Spend as Much Time with Love Boat as with | |
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| Rock 101: Academia Tunes In | |
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| The Reader in Exile | |
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| Oliver with a Magical Twist | |
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| The Internet Everything Bad Is Good for You Questions for Making Connections Consumerism | |
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| Trash and the Voluntary Simplicity Movement | |
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| The Triumph of American Materialism | |
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| The Happiest Place on Earth | |
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| Shopping for American Culture | |
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| Bootleg Culture | |
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| Protecting | |
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| Mickey Mouse at Arts Expense | |
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| Questions for Making Connections | |
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| Credits | |