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Working Stiff(s) on Reality Television during the Great Recession by Brayton, Sean

“…This essay traces some of the narratives and cultural politics of work on reality television after the economic crash of 2008. Specifically, it discusses the…”
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Reality television and the politics of mass surveillance in channel 4’s Hunted by Brayton, Sean

“…This paper is interested in representations of mass surveillance in Hunted, Channel 4’s reality tv series in which ‘ordinary British citizens’ roleplay as…”
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Courtship and class conflict in Hallmark's "Countdown to Christmas" by Brayton, Sean

“…This paper presents a Marxist feminist textual analysis of Hallmark's "Countdown to Christmas" made-for-television film series of 2018. While Hallmark films…”
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Hallmark Whiteness and the Paradox of Racial Tokenism by Brayton, Sean

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Mental illness, late capitalism, and the socioeconomic "psychopath" in CBS's Elementary by Brayton, Sean

“…This article focuses on representations of mental illness on U.S. network television, particularly the "police procedural" Elementary. As a modern…”
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The "madness" of market logic: mental illness and late capitalism in The Double and Nightcrawler by Brayton, Sean

“…This paper examines representations of mental illness in popular film, particularly Richard Ayoade's The Double and Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler. As I argue, both…”
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Learning to labor with Handy Manny: immigration politics and the world of work in a children's cartoon by Brayton, Sean

“…This article provides a textual analysis of Handy Manny, a popular Disney cartoon featuring a Latino handyman. Specifically, it explores how the debut of the…”
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Ageing Masculinities and “Muscle work” in Hollywood Action Film: An Analysis of The Expendables by Boyle, Ellexis, Brayton, Sean

“…In August 2010, the sixty-four-year-old Hollywood icon Sylvester Stallone premiered his latest project The Expendables, an action-adventure film starring a…”
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Exploring the Missing Link Between the Concussion “Crisis” and Labor Politics in Professional Sports by Brayton, Sean, Helstein, Michelle T., Ramsey, Mike, Rickards, Nicholas

“…This study focuses on connections between labor struggles in professional sports and the epidemic of concussions among athletes, specifically in the National…”
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MTV's Jackass: Transgression, Abjection and the Economy of White Masculinity by Brayton, Sean

“…In the post-civil rights era, it is argued that some white men have adopted a marginalized positionality. This 'white male backlash' is often described as a…”
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Renovating ethnic identity on Restaurant Makeover by Brayton, Sean, Millington, Brad

“…Food can be a novel way of understanding and explaining some of the pointed paradoxes of multiculturalism and the 'management' of ethnicity. Many studies of…”
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Mexican' labor in the Hollywood imaginary by Brayton, Sean

“…This paper explores the manifold ways in which `Mexican' labor functions as a representational resource in three contemporary Hollywood texts: the films…”
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The Post-White Imaginary in Alex Proyas's "I, Robot" by Brayton, Sean

“…Alex Proyas's 2004 film "I, Robot" depicts a crisis of white identity in the figure of the marginalized NS-5 robot, Sonny. The anxiety prompted by this crisis…”
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