Media SpectaclesMarjorie B. Garber, Jann Matlock, Rebecca L. Walkowitz Coverage of such major news events as the Gulf War, the AIDS epidemic and the William Kennedy Smith rape trial is analysed by contributors who explore the languages of word and image that produce current events as spectacle. |
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Contents
Shakespeare Anita Hill and | 23 |
Murphy Brown and Illegitimate Politics | 40 |
Watching and Authorizing the Gulf | 57 |
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Blacks as the Ethical Principle in the Movies | 77 |
The Traps of Translation from | 91 |
The Soviet Coup and Hurricane | 117 |
The Blue Blob Identity and Gender | 137 |
Reading Sula Passing Thelma and Louise | 160 |
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