I've just finished reading "Gilmore Girls and the Politics of Identity: Essays on Family and Feminism in the Television Series." It is a series of essays that provide the close critical readings you were looking for. > I'm revising my undergraduate media studies course on "Imagery and > Culture" and wanted to include > a new set of materials (grounded in cultural/media studies) that provide > close critical > readings of recent films or popular television programs through the lens > of feminism. > > > I usually use bell hooks' excellent video Doing > Cultural Criticism as a visual introduction, but I'd like something more > contemporary. I could use references to more traditional essays, but would > also love dynamic texts that combine a theoretical grounding with an > innovative visual form, perhaps utilizing new media technologies. > > Many thanks in advance. > > Leo Aristimuno > Video Production and Media Studies > Dept of Visual & Performing Arts > Rutgers University - Newark > > > --- On Sun, 1/18/09, Elizabeth Haller <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Elizabeth Haller <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [SCREEN-L] Call for Papers: Academic Exchange Extra > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Sunday, January 18, 2009, 11:31 PM > > CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS > > ACADEMIC EXCHANGE EXTRA (AEE) > http://asstudents.unco.edu/students/AE-Extra/index.html > > A MONTHLY PEER-REVIEWED ON-LINE FORUM > > Submissions are invited from educators, graduates, and post-graduates of > all > levels and areas of study for Academic Exchange Extra (AEE) > (Editor-in-Chief, > Elizabeth Haller – English Instructor at Kent State University). 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