November 2011
2 posts
Hip-hop gangstas— in Baghdad - St. Petersburg... →
Article about how being exposed to the visuals, language, and music of “gangsta” culture from US military members is affecting a generation of Iraqi youth, encouraging them to get tattoos, adopt rap music and dance, and dress and hair styles.
Sociological Images » Seeing is Believing →
A great example of the use of exoticism in a fashion magazine, and how exoticism tends to lump different ethnic groups and locales together, and show white models as “modern.”
