In this episode of the podcast we feature interviews with the guest editors of the Special Issue on Florida The Mediated State. The entire issue is dedicated to an examination of how cultural actors have defined how we imagine Florida through popular culture.
The table of contents for this issue:
Florida: The Mediated State
by Julian C. Chambliss and Denise K. Cummings,
Murders and Pastels in Miami: The Role of Miami
Vice in bringing back Tourists to Miami
by Alison Meek
Is South Florida the New Southern California?: Carl Hiaasen’s Dystopian Paradise
by David M. Parker
Florida Porch Reverie
by Charlie Hailey
In Marjorie’s Wake: A Film Voyage Into Florida’s
Nature Consciousness
by Leslie Kemp Poole
Miami Stories
by Jeff Rice
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