stereotypes, humor, and satire as a “weapon of reason,” beg a viewer to question the ability of this satire to indeed critique established norms and institutionalized discrimination. When we laugh at Sam’s group of black friends harassing a lone movie
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communicable level and, concurrently, the “voice of the Other” might become obscured beneath genre conventions, stereotypes, and fantasies. 15 Conversely, narratives of travel often function as an occasion for the incorporation of the strange and unknown into
Mariana C. Françozo
predictable stereotypes (an unnecessarily loud jaguar roaring in the Brazilian jungle), these are represented in three small and rather informative galleries depicting the life encountered by migrants in Argentina, Brazil, and the United States. At the end of
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Autonomous Driving and the Transformation of Car Cultures
Jutta Weber and Fabian Kröger
self-driving cars still function as prostheses of male identity? Could autonomous automobility even degender the driver? Or will hegemonic masculinity merely be reconfigured in future mobility cultures? As history teaches us, gender stereotypes are
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prisoners of war in Europe, to fiction, travel writing, and film about Africa, along with a substantial introduction highlighting the continuing political impact of colonial stereotypes and racist representations. Though it does not rewrite the story, the
Dhan Zunino Singh
-passenger colectivo (three women and three men). The author thoroughly describes the bodies of three female passengers, matching the stereotype of the modern female worker (the Esthercita ). Although smart, their clothes are similar; even “the quality of the rouge
Ambivalent Mobilities in the Pacific
“Savagery” and “Civilization” in the Australian Interwar Imaginary
Nicholas Halter
considered an activity of self-improvement), while the latter drew on popular fictional tales and stereotypes. These middlebrow concerns were often expressed in the distinction between the “tourist” and the “traveler.” As John Urry, Dean McCannell, and James
Media Ecologies of Autonomous Automobility
Gendered and Racial Dimensions of Future Concept Cars
Julia M. Hildebrand and Mimi Sheller
taking, are highlighted when the female protagonist is in the vehicle, confirming gendered notions of communicating being feminine. 44 While Hiro’s stereotypical masculinity was briefly threatened in the exposure of his prolonged gaze on Yume, he has the
Is the Kingdom of Bicycles Rising Again?
Cycling, Gender, and Class in Postsocialist China
Hilda Rømer Christensen
masculinity and pleasure. In this stereotyped framework, women become constructed as practicing a rational femininity as opposed, or even as a threat, to this type of male sociality and pleasure. 22 The following analysis will show how bikes interpellate
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J. D. Y. Peel
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written) not only could appear to reproduce the social order—a form of stereotypical reproduction—but also was integral to its actual transformation. John’s work at that time inflected many theoretical interests and influences. A visiting professor at the
