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"You See, My Wife's Dad Is Real Well Off" -- Money Obscured In The Coen Brothers, Sarah Mae Fleming
"You See, My Wife's Dad Is Real Well Off" -- Money Obscured In The Coen Brothers, Sarah Mae Fleming
Honors Projects
I am most concerned with the depiction of money in American film since the shift in the 1970s to a post-industrial, neoliberal economy. This shift to an informational capitalism places value on immaterial labor, such as a service, knowledge, and communication.3 Because of this change, industrial careers have vanished, along with the security that once came with them. Material labor has become essentially disposable in the US, due to outsourcing and automation. The American Dream has transformed dramatically; no longer can a typical family support itself with one income. Today, working-class and middle-class finances have become increasingly more precarious. As …
Dismantling Communism In The Early Cold War: Themes In Children's Media, Jennifer Lilly
Dismantling Communism In The Early Cold War: Themes In Children's Media, Jennifer Lilly
Honors Projects
This paper analyzes the messages found in American children’s visual media during the early years of the Cold War. Many producers in the film and television industry took to the screen to express concerns about possible Communist infiltration. These fears had grown over several decades of political and international instability, beginning in the early twentieth century and the first Red Scare. Thus, the explosion of the Cold War prompted producers to create media intended to socialize children around American ideals which would challenge the growing threat of Communism. The events which led to production of this media will be interpreted …