This week’s In Media Res theme focus is Media Nostalgia (August 27-31).

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

Monday, August 27, 2012 - Paul Benzon (Temple University) presents: Hipster Archaeology

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - Victoria Kearley (University of Southampton) presents: Nostalgic Images of Mexican Masculinity in the Films of Robert Rodriguez: From El Mariachi to Machete

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - Ryan Lizardi (Penn State University) presents: The Increasing Instant Nostalgia in Mediated Sports

Thursday, August 30, 2012 - Michael D. Dwyer (Arcadia University) presents: Raphael Saadiq’s Soul Memories

Friday, August 31, 2012 - Matthew Stoddard (University of Minnesota) presents: Film as Matter (or, Against Indexicality)

Theme week organized by Jason Derby (Georgia State University).

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The In Media Res Team


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