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Introduction to Writing About Popular Culture | |
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The Pop Culture Zone | |
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Writing in the Pop Culture Zone | |
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Synthesis | |
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Defining Pop Culture | |
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The Oprah Effect | |
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The Content Zone | |
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Writing about Advertisements | |
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Sample Essay: Advertising: Keeping Sexism Alive | |
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Reading Selections: The 70s | |
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After the Blackout | |
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My Father+s Closet, John Seabrook | |
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Reading Selections: The 80s. Marketing in Color: New Niches Flow into the Mainstream | |
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Keep Ads Out of Books | |
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Reading Selections: The 90s | |
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Profitability, Diversity, and Disability Images in Advertising in the United States and Great Britain | |
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Constructed Bodies, Deconstructing Ads: Sexism in Advertising | |
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Reading Selections: The 00s. Ads Ad Nauseum | |
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No Escape from Ads, Even in the Backseat | |
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The Battle for Advertising: Internet Giants Get Ready for Full Combat | |
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Reading Selections: Across the Decades | |
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Defining Trade Characters and Their Role in American Popular Culture | |
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Merchandising Madness: Pills, Promises, and Better Living Through Chemistry | |
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Writing about Film | |
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Sample Essay: 1968 | |
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Resonates in 2004: 2001: A Space Odyssey and the Devolution of the Science Fiction Film | |
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Reading Selections: The 70s | |
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May the Force Be With You, and You, and You+ | |
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What is the Godfather Saying? | |
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The Pleasures of Disappointment: Sequels and the Godfather, Part II | |
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Reading Selections: The 80s | |
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John Hughes Goes Deep: The Unexpected Heaviosity of Ferris Bueller+s Day Off | |
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Reading Selections: The 90s | |
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Revelations | |
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Reading Selections: A Case Study from the 00s | |
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Fahrenheit 9/11: Review | |
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Movie Review: Fahrenheit 9/11 | |
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Sub-par Propaganda | |
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Reading Selections: Across the Decades | |
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Disney+s Dolls | |
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Why I+m Not Bored | |
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Alfred Hitchcock: A Hank of Hair and a Piece of Bone | |
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Writing about Groups, Spaces, and Places | |
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Sample Essay: You+re the Tops | |
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Reading Selections: The 70s | |
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Disco Dance Introduction | |
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The Ship Shape | |
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Reading Selections: The 80s | |
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Mallingering | |
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Reagan-Bush at 9: Passing on the Legacy of Shame | |
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Reading Selections: The 90s | |
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Black Sorority Boom: Ninety Years After the First Group Was Founded, Membership and Enthusiasm Are Thriving | |
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Bold New City or Built-Up +Burb+? Redefining Contemporary Suburbia | |
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Reading Selections: The 00s | |
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NASCAR Racing Fans: Cranking Up an Empirical Approach | |
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The National Storytelling Festival | |
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A Case Study | |
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Paradise Ruined: A Guidebook Writer+s Lament | |
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Greetings from the Florida Keys and Key West, The Monroe County Tourist Development Council. Margaritaville | |
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More Key West Hotels Going Offline | |
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Reading Selections: Across the Decades | |
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Hitler Did Fine, I Can Do Better | |
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Ladies of the White Gloves: Riding with Pride, Dianna Baldwin | |
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Job Corps, AmeriCorps, and Peace Corps: An Overview, Kevin M. McCarron | |
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Writing about Music | |
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Sample Essay: The Triple-Threat Folk Hero | |
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Reading Selections: The 70s | |
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Bob Marley: Music Man with a Mission | |
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Crossing the Border | |
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Reading Selections: The 80s. Controversy | |
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Reading Selections: The 90s | |
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Romancing the Record: The Vinyl De-Evolution and Sub-cultural Evolution | |
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Rap of the Ages: Tracking the Highs and Lows of Nearly 20 Years | |
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Within You, Without You: The Guitarist+s Search for Spiritual Meaning | |
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Reading Selections: The 00s. Static Minds | |
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