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A Person Of Interest, Jesse Lepre
A Person Of Interest, Jesse Lepre
Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview
Presents a drama-based screenplay which explores the stereotyping of the modern Italian-American male in contemporary American society.
Transgressive Masculinities In Selected Sword And Sandal Films, Merle Kenneth Peirce
Transgressive Masculinities In Selected Sword And Sandal Films, Merle Kenneth Peirce
Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview
Examines significant films in the ancient epic canon from a queer theoretical viewpoint to survey the extent of atypical gender formations within the genre. Uses the studies of Judith Butler and Michel Foucault, in the main, to establish the basis of these trangressive gender formations and to provide an explanation of their causes and appearances.
Hiding Hiroshima, Adam T. Fernandes
Hiding Hiroshima, Adam T. Fernandes
Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview
Explores the representation of nuclear weapons in Japanese anime and US live action cinema in the 1980's, using methods from cultural studies. Examines, specifically, the silences and contradictions of the selected films to reveal the cultural ideologies of Japan and the United States during the time in which the films were produced. Analyzes the Japanese animated films, Barefoot Gen, Barefoot Gen 2, and Grave of the Fireflies, and the American live action films, The Day After, Testament, and Miracle Mile.