Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies Volume 1996, Issue 15 1996 Article 1 Front matter, Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies, vol. 15 (1996) Copyright c 1996 by the authors. Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies is produced by The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress). https://ir.uiowa.edu/ijcs
IOWA JOURNAL OF CULTURAL STUDIES 1996 Interviews with Gloria Steinem, George Marcus, and Neil Postman Critical essays on Michael Jordan and Conrad, Coppla, and the Problem of History An editorial: Teaching Matters: Graduate Student Voices From Behind the Desk Drama: Lisa Schlesinger s Iphigenia at Zero Photo essays about Beijing 95, Rare Finds, & a Family Album Fiction by Glen Weldon and Malinda McCollum Poetry by Aliza Einhorn, Antonio Jocson, Douglas A. Powell, Steven Petkus, et al Book reviews about Culture Studies Pedagogy and Mass Mediated Images of Women
IOWA JOURNAL OF CULTURAL STUDIES University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
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Editor: Assistant Editor: Book Review Editor: Critical Essay Editors: Drama Editor: Fiction Editor: Interview Editor: Layout Coordinator: Photo Essay Editor: Poetry Editors: Daniel Nathan Dallas Clemmons Scott Juengel Eric Neel & Cathy Hailey Keith Jusef Adkins Nathan Englander Michael Lewis Joe Ranft Gwen Robertson Larry McCauley & Katie Price Acknowledgments: Sincere thanks goes to the faculty and staff of the English Department for their continuing support, the Association of Graduate Students in English (AGSE), and Ly n Elliot and A1 Lopez. Thanks also to Jeremy Johnson of the University of Iowa Student Government (UISG), an organization which contributes to our funding, and to Diane Thomas of the University of Iowa s Department of Printing. Special thanks to Cindy Stretch for resurrecting the Iowa Journal o f Cultural Studies out of the ashes of the Iowa Journal o f Literary Studies; and to Leslie Taylor for her guidance and indefatigable spirit. Finally, heartfelt thanks to Susan Taylor and to Beth and George Clemmons for their unfailing support and patience.
VOLUME 15 CONTENTS (Some of) The Editors Melissa Friedling & Susan Biesecker-Mast Teresa Konechne Aliza Einhorn Mary McDonald Tom Thompson Glen Weldon Douglas A. Powell Franklin L. Hess Colin Hamilton Lisa Schlesinger Steven Petkus Jocelyn Emerson Dan Schimmel Charles V. Hawley 1 Teaching Matters: Graduate Student Voices From Behind the Desk 9 Reflections and Projections on American Feminism and Culture: An Interview with Gloria Steinem 22 Beijing 95 NGO Forum on Women...A Thin, Thin Slice 31 The Robbery 32 Violet 33 Horatio Alger With a Jump Shot: Michael Jordan and the American Dream 48 You From White 49 Robbing the Pillars 64 [ remembering the taste of skin: dim prehistory dives] 65 [sheet wrapped like a burnoose, about his head] 66 [ studs and rings: favors o f the piercing party] 67 Culture as Studied and Cultural Studies: An Interview with George Marcus 81 Mint 82 Iphigenia at Zero 98 Blue Zebra 100 Architecture II 101 Rare Finds 107 Conrad, Coppola, and the Problem of History
Sam Witt Malinda McCollum Antonio Jocson Stephen Perkins Wendy McClure John Casteen Norman Clark Hillary J. Gardner Michael Taekens Kristine Swenson Peter Simonson 122 Listening Room 124 Dirties 139 Still Life With Grandmother Being Washed 141 Body 143 The Family Album: An Inquiry 149 Prayer With Translation 150 Out O f Season 151 Home Alone With Technology: An Interview With Neil Postman 160 The Feather 162 Beastiary 164 Culture And Pedagogy: A Review o f Between Borders: Pedagogy and the Politics of Cultural Studies 168 At The Top O f Her Lungs: A Review o f Where The Girls Are: Growing Up Female With the Mass Media 171 Notes on Contributors