Nike, Semiotics, and Revolution
Remember Colin Kaepernick? How could you forget? He’s the only professional football player who seems to cast a longer shadow when he’s on one knee than when he’s standing behind...
Category: Cultural Studies
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Using Genre Cliches to Create Edifying Narrative Experiences in Gone Home
At first, Katie and the player exist in a horror story. A thunderstorm welcomes them to a mansion where lights flicker and the floorboards above them creak heavily. As the...
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The power of apps and social media in Chile’s social movements
As a CCTer pursuing a Certificate in Latin American Studies, I had the privilege of being selected as one of eight students to participate in a summer abroad program in Santiago,...
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Cuddly Creatures and Cultural Barriers: The Struggles of Showing My Neighbor Totoro to an American Audience
The animated film My Neighbor Totoro, made by the internationally acclaimed Studio Ghibli, is a cultural phenomenon in Japan. The film tells the story of two sisters, Satsuki and Mei,...
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Hegel & the Dialectic of Genius
This piece requires knowledge of Hegel’s master/slave dialectic, wherein Hegel claims that the fundamentally human quality is not the desire for survival but the desire for recognition.(i) Dialectics: Who decided...
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Women’s Historical Exclusion from Sneaker Culture
Despite being frequently trivialized and looked down upon, fashion not only significantly impacts pop culture but is also an important way for individuals to express themselves (Gronow 99). Moreover, through...
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CCTea Podcast: Episode 2 (Identity Formation in the Digital Age)
Kevin and Zach return to the booth for Episode 2 of the CCTea podcast, this time welcoming a guest feature: Kimberly Marcela Duron, the assistant editor-in-chief of gnovis! This...
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Don’t Gotta Be Dichotomy
Here we are, well into the digital age, where all of our endless electronic activity can be reduced down to simple binary: 1’s and 0’s. We’re either “Team iPhone” or...
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With New Reputation Comes A New Marketing Strategy
Oh, UPS. Look what you’ve made us do. Since late August, you may have noticed that some of the United Parcel Service’s (UPS) package delivery trucks are sporting a new...
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Body Snatchers, Death House, and Mort Safe: Not the Bands!
Dissection has come a long way since Galen started poking around the insides of animal bodies. Herophilus took dissection a step further and moved onto the human body. However, it...