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Where Have All The Good Men Gone? A Psychoanalytic Reading Of The Absent Fathers & Bad Dads On Abc's Lost, Melissa R. Ames Jun 2014

Where Have All The Good Men Gone? A Psychoanalytic Reading Of The Absent Fathers & Bad Dads On Abc's Lost, Melissa R. Ames

Melissa A. Ames

Fictional fathers in narratives are often allegorical in nature and contemporary television is not immune from this. ABC’s groundbreaking television drama, Lost, offers a multitude of father figures that suggests not only a crisis concerning the role of the father in the 21st century but also the crisis of national security experienced by Americans after the attacks. In particular, the program showcases three specific types of troubled father/child relationships: those in which the father is absent and/or dead, those where the father is portrayed as abusive and/or evil, and those where the father and child are estranged and/or their relationship …


Big Hollywood, Small Screens, Alisa Perren, Karen Petruska Dec 2011

Big Hollywood, Small Screens, Alisa Perren, Karen Petruska

Alisa Perren

No abstract provided.


In Conversation: Creativity In The Contemporary Cable Industry, Alisa Perren Dec 2010

In Conversation: Creativity In The Contemporary Cable Industry, Alisa Perren

Alisa Perren

No abstract provided.


History Of Communication And Its Application In Multicultaral,Multilingual Social System In India Across Ages, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr Sep 2010

History Of Communication And Its Application In Multicultaral,Multilingual Social System In India Across Ages, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr

Ratnesh Dwivedi

The history of communication dates back to the earliest signs of cavemen.Communication can range from very subtle processes of exchange, to full conversations and mass communication. Human communication was revolutionized with speech perhaps 200,000 years ago, Symbols were developed about 30,000 years ago and writing about 7,000. On a much shorter scale, there have been major developments in the field of telecommunication in the past few centuries.


Producing Filmed Entertainment, Alisa Perren Dec 2009

Producing Filmed Entertainment, Alisa Perren

Alisa Perren

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Business As Unusual: Conglomerate-Sized Challenges For Film And Television In The Digital Arena, Alisa Perren Dec 2009

Business As Unusual: Conglomerate-Sized Challenges For Film And Television In The Digital Arena, Alisa Perren

Alisa Perren

No abstract provided.


Whatever Happened To The Movie-Of-The-Week?, Alisa Perren Dec 2008

Whatever Happened To The Movie-Of-The-Week?, Alisa Perren

Alisa Perren

No abstract provided.


Introduction: Does The World Really Need One More Field Of Study?, Alisa Perren Dec 2008

Introduction: Does The World Really Need One More Field Of Study?, Alisa Perren

Alisa Perren

No abstract provided.