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cintura di sicurezza mediatica

English translation: media straitjacket


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Italian term or phrase:cintura di sicurezza mediatica
English translation:media straitjacket
Entered by: Fiona Peterson
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10:36 Aug 22, 2006
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Art/Literary - Journalism / comics
Italian term or phrase: cintura di sicurezza mediatica
An article on the comic book Spawn:

"Ma Spawn è nero nel momento in cui la cultura popolare afro-americana rompe la ***cintura di sicurezza mediatica***, in cui l’hip hop si impossessa della scena musicale, e diventa il paradigma attraverso il quale i neri americani sono interpretati dalla società."

I confess I am not entirely sure of the concept they are trying to express with this phrase. Any help much appreciated!
Fiona Peterson
Local time: 13:09
straitjacket
Explanation:
Spawn is black from the moment where poular afroamerican culture threw off the straitjacket of repression,and hip hop imposed itself on the music scene...
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xxxmuitoprazer
Local time: 12:09
Grading comment
Thanks so much for your help - I think the terms "straitjacket" expresses it superbly. Thanks again, and to Arianna for your input.
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4media safety belt / or safety belt of the mediaArianna Bove
4straitjacketxxxmuitoprazer


  

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straitjacket


Explanation:
Spawn is black from the moment where poular afroamerican culture threw off the straitjacket of repression,and hip hop imposed itself on the music scene...

xxxmuitoprazer
Local time: 12:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks so much for your help - I think the terms "straitjacket" expresses it superbly. Thanks again, and to Arianna for your input.
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media safety belt / or safety belt of the media


Explanation:
in full: Spawn is black at a time when Afro-American popular culture was tearing/ripping the safety belt of the media and hip hop was taking over the music scene, so it became the paradigm/archetype through which black americans were judged/seen by society (or: the archetype on which society based its interpretation of black Americans)

Arianna Bove
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:09
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
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