30 November 2006
Miradas--in Spanish
by jlesage
extensive critical discussion of Latin American film and TV; Cuban site
26 November 2006
media teacher's home page, lots of resouces, links pages
by jlesage
"news and journalism, film, TV, media policy, media reform activism, philosophy and social theory, urban history, contemporary American politics--\perspective informed by media history, political economy and social and cultural theory."
MIT communications forum archive
by jlesage
the various programs are on many topics of media and mass communications; available in audio, video, or print format; good overview of contemporary media issues by academics and practitioners
20 November 2006
Joel Kovel
by jlesage
many of this important writer's essays online, a psychoanalyst who has long been a political commentator
11 November 2006
Howie's Home Page
by jlesage
homepage and access to many of Howard Becker's essays online; major figure in sociology of art
06 November 2006
Invincible Cities
by jlesage
photographic exploration of two poor cities, a combination of Walter Benjamin's interest in traces and overlays with systematic, extensive visual ethnography
03 November 2006
"Contributions to a Resistant Visual Culture Glossary"
by jlesage
essay introducing concepts that can help critic look at visual culture more politically
"Flaubert's Point of View" by Pierre Bourdieu
by jlesage
complete text of long essay; Flaubert was a touchstone for Bourdieu in establishing the concept of the field of cultural production
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