This week’s In Media Res theme is Race & TV (March 21-25).

Here's the line-up:
http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/

Monday March 21, 2011: Richard Newton (Claremont Graduate University) presents: Gleaning Alex Haley’s Scriptural "Roots"

Tuesday March 22, 2011: Kristen Warner (University of Alabama) presents: "’It’s Tough Being Different’": The Pitfalls of Colorblindness in CW’s The Vampire Diaries

Wednesday March 23, 2011: Alfred L. Martin, Jr. (University of Texas, Austin) presents: Hottentot Venus 2.0?: Still Gawking at the Black Woman’s Buttocks

Thursday March 24, 2011: Jane Chi Hyun Park (University of Sydney) presents: Yellow Voice and the Chinese International Student: Ricky Wong in "We Can Be Heroes"

Friday March 25, 2011: Shilpa Davé (Brandeis University) presents: Calling the Working South Asian: American Accents and Outsourced

Theme week organized by Katharine Zakos (Georgia State University).

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Best,
The In Media Res Team


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