gnovis publishes Spring 2008 Issue

Washington, DC
May 19, 2008

I'm very pleased to announce the publication of gnovis' Spring 2008 Issue, now available on our website, www.gnovisjournal.org. Building upon our success in the Fall semester, we again present six new papers on a wide range of topics.

Issue Contents

Editor's Note Brad Weikel
The Aura of Decay: The Concept of the Book in the Age of Hybridity Edward Erikson
Seeing the Specter: A Gothic Metaphor of Subjectivity, Popular Culture, and Consumerism Clifford D. Deaton
An Uncertain Text: Reliving Shakespeare's Creative Milieu in the Modern World Eric M. Johnson
wants moar: visual media's use of text in LOLcats and silent film Jed R. Brubaker
The Pleasure of Death: The Construction of Masculine Citizenship in Military Recruitment Ads Patricia J. Fancher
What's in a name? That who we call a king by any other name would rule as supreme Hannanah Mobashir

As always, I'd like to thank the entire gnovis staff, the CCT staff and faculty, and our large crew of volunteer peer-reviewers, for all of their hard work this semester in preparing this issue.

Brad Weikel, Managing Editor
www.gnovisjournal.org

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gnovis is an online academic journal and forum that cultivates new ways of seeing and understanding culture through critical inquiry. gnovis presents work by graduate students pioneering interdisciplinary perspectives on issues in the arts, politics, media and technology. gnovis is sponsored by Georgetown University's graduate program in Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT).