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So, I've got a colleague writing about images of lawyers in popular culture, only she wants to get beyond "images of" and into how various groups perceive lawyers in TV shows/movies. Is anyone aware of any work on this? Reception studies involving Ally McBeal or LA Law? Even if there's only a mention of reaction to a legal storyline in a larger study of a non-legal show or movie, that would be a huge addition to the project -- because right now she's got theory and no practice. No pun intended.
Also, if anyone knew of a good place to go for a recent reception studies bibliography, that would be great.
Also, if anyone knew of a good place to go for a recent reception studies bibliography, that would be great.
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( Spoilery stuff about last night's Smallville I just said to Iocaste -- mixed review )
Overall, strong story, marred by weird antifeminist stuff (that I hardly notice any more because it's the background hum of SV until voiced by one of the "spunky" female characters) and by the slow-motion breaking of my heart on Lex's behalf.
Overall, strong story, marred by weird antifeminist stuff (that I hardly notice any more because it's the background hum of SV until voiced by one of the "spunky" female characters) and by the slow-motion breaking of my heart on Lex's behalf.
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No, not really, but these are some things about me that might be rare:
A book you own that no one on your friends list owns:
To make this hard, I should try for fiction, since something like Teach Yourself Cultural Studies is probably unfair. The Rescue of Ranor, by Wilanne Schneider Belden. A childhood favorite, a great story of a reluctant witch in a world in which magic and science literally repel each other and curses come true, Phantom Tollbooth-like; in an early demonstration of the power of the Internet, my dad found and procured a copy for me some years back after I mentioned my nostalgia and inability to find a copy. He's a great dad.
A CD you own that no one on your friends list owns:
Camouflage, Neighbors. I bought a lot of CD singles years back, many of them at Seven Inches Dance Records, a store owned by my high school English teacher, a gay man who'd wear a very tight T-shirt that said "Seven Inches" on it. You all may find this hard to believe, but I was years out of high school before I got it. Sadly, the store is now called something like "DJ Records," even though it's still in Dupont Circle.
A DVD/VHS tape you own that no one on your friends list owns:
I could cheat with Willful Infringement, the anti-copyright screed, but how about The Day After, purchased for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
misterrivkat's post-1973 American history course? [ETA: Ter has that. How about the wonderful but relatively unknown Holiday, the best Katherine Hepburn/Cary Grant movie you've never seen?] [ETA again: Nope. Kids in the Hall, Tour of Duty?]
A place that you've been that no one on your friends list has been to:
Not a big traveler. Probably can't pull this one off. Ames, Iowa? [ETA: Nope.] Mount Desert Island, Maine?
A book you own that no one on your friends list owns:
To make this hard, I should try for fiction, since something like Teach Yourself Cultural Studies is probably unfair. The Rescue of Ranor, by Wilanne Schneider Belden. A childhood favorite, a great story of a reluctant witch in a world in which magic and science literally repel each other and curses come true, Phantom Tollbooth-like; in an early demonstration of the power of the Internet, my dad found and procured a copy for me some years back after I mentioned my nostalgia and inability to find a copy. He's a great dad.
A CD you own that no one on your friends list owns:
Camouflage, Neighbors. I bought a lot of CD singles years back, many of them at Seven Inches Dance Records, a store owned by my high school English teacher, a gay man who'd wear a very tight T-shirt that said "Seven Inches" on it. You all may find this hard to believe, but I was years out of high school before I got it. Sadly, the store is now called something like "DJ Records," even though it's still in Dupont Circle.
A DVD/VHS tape you own that no one on your friends list owns:
I could cheat with Willful Infringement, the anti-copyright screed, but how about The Day After, purchased for
misterrivkat's post-1973 American history course? [ETA: Ter has that. How about the wonderful but relatively unknown Holiday, the best Katherine Hepburn/Cary Grant movie you've never seen?] [ETA again: Nope. Kids in the Hall, Tour of Duty?]A place that you've been that no one on your friends list has been to:
Not a big traveler. Probably can't pull this one off. Ames, Iowa? [ETA: Nope.] Mount Desert Island, Maine?
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