In this episode, the co-hosts address the history of Coca-Cola and how it has come to embody American ideals and ideologies around the world. Along the way,…… Read more “Coca-Cola and American Identity”
Tag: Globalization
Considering Adaptation Theories in the Globalized 21st Century
Christopher Olson considers just how much adaption theories, and the need for fidelity, matter when you are adapting material from one culture to another in Considering Adaptation…… Read more “Considering Adaptation Theories in the Globalized 21st Century”
Making Sense of Superheroes: Awareness of superhero genre conventions around the world
Report by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, Roskilde University (March 6, 2009) of the Quantitative Results (This paper was presented at the Danish scifi convention Fantasticon to discuss the…… Read more “Making Sense of Superheroes: Awareness of superhero genre conventions around the world”
Nicolas Winding Refn and the Construction of a Stable Masculinity: Part I
As part of his master’s thesis, Christopher Olson is considering how Nicolas Winding Refn is creating and depicting a stable notion of masculinity in his films; specifically,…… Read more “Nicolas Winding Refn and the Construction of a Stable Masculinity: Part I”
Superheroes Around the World
Last fall, I was invited to talk at a science fiction convention in Copenhagen, Denmark, called Fantasticon. My friend helped to organize the convention, and he knew…… Read more “Superheroes Around the World”
