Historians on Housewives

“Don’t let the elbow patches fool you, I watch a lot of television”: Dennis the Hot Dog King, #FergusonSyllabus, and franchise culture in Black America with Dr. Marcia Chatelain


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In which the Historians discuss the ways that elite reality stars think about money, learn about the #FergusonSyllabus, interrogate the ways that Bravo discusses issues pertaining to race and racism in America, converse over Bethenny Frankel’s disaster relief work, learn about how people indicate their social class based on their consumption patterns, think critically about the connections between Dennis the Hot Dog King of Atlanta and the intersection of post-1968 civil rights struggle and the rise of the fast food industry, and converse about Tamara’s confrontation with her son Ryan over his support for Trump and The Wall.

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Historians on HousewivesBy Kacey Calahane, Jessica Millward, Max Speare

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