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The Location of Culture
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Featured · Essays
The Location of Culture
1990s
Hybridity, mimicry, and the third space. Bhabha's theory of how colonized cultures resist, absorb, and transform the colonizer.
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Carries a strong pull into television through power and after-hours.
The Dark Side of the Moon
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The Dark Side of the Moon
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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The Location of Culture
Essays
The Location of Culture
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and migration.
The Souls of Black Folk
Essays
The Souls of Black Folk
Carries a strong pull into music through identity and power.
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The Sopranos
Television
The Sopranos
Carries a strong pull into music through power and after-hours.
The Wire
Television
The Wire
Carries a strong pull into music through power and South Asia.
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The Sopranos
Television · Strong bridge
The Sopranos
1990s
A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.
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The Tale of Genji
1020s
The world's first novel. Court life, love, and impermanence in Heian Japan.
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Music · Strong bridge
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
1990s
Soul, hip-hop, and reggae fused into a deeply personal statement of faith, love, and independence.
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The Godfather
1970s
The Corleone family saga. Power, loyalty, and the corruption of the American dream.
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The Wire
Television 2000s
The Wire
Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.
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Books 1920s
The Great Gatsby
A mysterious millionaire and his impossible dream. The American century in 180 pages.
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Music 1970s
The Dark Side of the Moon
Time, money, madness, and death. The concept album as cultural monolith.
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Film 1920s
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Joan's trial in extreme close-up. The human face as the landscape of silent cinema.
NatureAfter-hoursLongingUrban isolation
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Essays 1900s
The Souls of Black Folk
Double consciousness and the color line. The founding text of African American intellectual tradition.
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Books 1880s
The Brothers Karamazov
Three brothers and a murdered father. Faith, reason, and the problem of evil.
MemoryMigrationFolkloreIdentity
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