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“A Torn and Wrinkled Page On a Dirt Road”: Memories of Pornography as Somatic Archives

“A Torn and Wrinkled Page On a Dirt Road”: Memories of Pornography as Somatic Archives

Katariina Kyrölä on somatic archives, memories of porn use in Finland, and the notion of the archive in the context of queer theory, porn studies, and media studies.
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Archiving Blackness: The DVD and Cultural Memory

December 27, 2012
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Archiving Blackness: The DVD and Cultural Memory

Flipping through the post-Christmas sales, I'm reminded of how the TV show on DVD has become an ubiquitous part of our culture. But it's those series or seasons of shows that are not for sale that tell a narrative of what's worthy of archiving within our popular culture and collective memory.
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