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Framing the Artists: Artists & Art in Film & Television

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Journal, Framing the Artists: Artists & Art in Film & Television
Date: 
April 2005
Issue: 
1
Abstract: 
Continuing stereotypes of art and artists in mainstream media reveal to us the real impact (or lack thereof) that artists have on the world around them. The minimal presence of living, working, visual artists in these media spheres contributes to the kinds of generalizations and misunderstandings that many people seem to have about the power and function of the visual arts. It is our contention that by continually watching, cataloging,and analyzing these portrayals, artists can also gain a better understanding of their own responsibilities to their viewers and how the stereotypes hurt their ability to effectively communicate their ideas. *
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English
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*taken from the introduction
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In These Times: In Maggie's Closet

Deconstruction Acres

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Book, Brown, Tim W.
Date: 
1997
Abstract: 
Set amid the cornfields and keg parties of Jasper, a fictitious midwestern college town, this book depicts the struggles of Underdog, a townie, against his many enemies at Jasper College. He competes with a professor, in a book deconstructing the TV show Green Acres, for the affections of a beautiful but haunted woman...
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English
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1886625034

Swagger

Catalog Number: 
n.4
Date: 
2005
Volume: 
Vol. 1, Number 2
Abstract: 
A short-lived free magazine on a variety of topics, priding itself on being “the most brazen magazine in Chicago.” Features on: Car horns, Bible of the Devil, cheap living, Chicago’s love affair with skyscrapers and Donald Trump, a primer on Wal-Mart, Terry Schiavo and rights to control your own body, Ipecac Records and Chocolate Industries, the male orgasm, the logging industry, Garbage Pail Kids, television crime dramas
Language: 
eng
Notes: 
Not a great copy; entire magazine still available online.
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Destroy Everything: The Cover Song Project

Catalog Number: 
84.1
Date: 
Fall 2007
Volume: 
No. 1
Abstract: 
“Covers” of popular stories like the Wizard of Oz and the Beverly Hillbillies, reinterpreted from different perspectives or points in time.
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eng
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The Skeleton News

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