Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton Recent documents in Chris Boulton en-us Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:41:31 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/14 http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/14 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:53:07 PST Chris Boulton Media Literacy Consumer Culture Critical Cultural Studies http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/13 http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/13 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:05:41 PDT Chris Boulton Open Access http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/12 http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/12 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:45:25 PDT In the Spring of 2007, I interviewed a panel of four men who, along with me, had just attended a national anti-pornography conference at Wheelock College. As we discussed topics ranging from masturbation to sexual ethics, many described their continuing struggle to reconcile their desires with deeply held moral beliefs and political convictions. This essay recounts various events from the Wheelock conference and draws on the published work of prominent male feminists such as John Stoltenberg, Robert Jensen, and Sut Jhally. I argue that, by failing to adequately account for the pleasures of objectification, the radical feminist analysis of pornography faces a dual risk: 1) remaining marginal and irrelevant and/or 2) being absorbed by the much larger Christian anti-pornography movement. Chris Boulton Critical Cultural Studies http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/11 http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/11 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:38:33 PDT This audience analysis considers how two groups of mothers, one affluent and mostly white and the other low-income and mostly of color, responded to six print ads for designer children's clothing. I argue that the gender and maternal affiliations of these women--which coalesce around their common experience of the male gaze and a belief that children's clothing represents the embodied tastes of the mother--are ultimately overwhelmed by distinct attitudes towards conspicuous consumption, in-group/out-group signals, and even facial expressions. I conclude that, when judging the ads, these mothers engage in a vicarious process referencing their own daily practice of social interaction. In other words, they are auditioning the gaze through which others will view their own children. Chris Boulton Consumer Culture http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/10 http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/10 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:22:55 PDT Chris Boulton Open Access http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/9 http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/9 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:21:01 PDT Chris Boulton Critical Cultural Studies http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/8 http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/8 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:17:01 PDT Chris Boulton Consumer Culture http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/7 http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/7 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:11:33 PDT Chris Boulton Media Literacy http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/6 http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/6 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:08:05 PDT Chris Boulton Media Literacy http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/5 http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/5 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:20:06 PDT While much has been written on marketing to children, there remains a curious gap in the literature concerning marketing through children. This study considers print ads for three brands of hip-hop clothing for children (Rocawear, Sean John, and Baby Phat) that appeared in Cookie, a parenting magazine aimed at adults. I argue that, by depicting children in a "cool pose" of "flat affect," these ads violate social expectations and assert "Black Power" through a para-proxemic challenge to the viewer. The result is a prolepsis -- or foretaste of the future -- which rhymes the child models with their adult equivalents. Chris Boulton Consumer Culture