Acting His Age?: The Resurrection Of The 80s Action Heroes And Their Aging Stars,
2010
Wilfrid Laurier University
Acting His Age?: The Resurrection Of The 80s Action Heroes And Their Aging Stars, Philippa Gates
English and Film Studies Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Miseducation Of Simon Kraus A Record Of The Film's Production,
2010
University of Central Florida
The Miseducation Of Simon Kraus A Record Of The Film's Production, Michael J. Diaz
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The Miseducation of Simon Kraus is a feature-length film produced, written, directed, and edited by Michael J. Diaz as part of the requirements for earning a Master of Fine Arts in Film & Digital Media from the University of Central Florida. The thematic aim of the film is to paint a portrait of the Millennial Generation on the microcosm, by following the story of an apathetic protagonist whose dreams and ambitions are threatened by his own character. The statements, documents, and images contained herein serve to record the experience and motivation behind the film.
Joanna Newsom Covers In The Blogosphere,
2010
Northeastern Illinois University
Joanna Newsom Covers In The Blogosphere, Shayne Pepper
Communication, Media and Theatre Faculty Publications
Joanna Newsom’s 2004 album, The Milk-Eyed Mender, was released at a time when music blogs were reaching new levels of popularity within certain sections of music and online communities. During this time, songs from nearly every high profile indie rock release seemed to find their way onto music blogs (often, to the chagrin of the music industry, far before slated release dates). Newsom’s songs were no exception – she was often something of a hot topic on blogs like Stereogum, My Old Kentucky Blog, Brooklyn Vegan, Gorilla vs. Bear, and numerous others. Over a relatively short time these music blogs …
Tune In, Turn On: The Novel, The Family, And The Plug-In Drug,
2010
Pomona College
Tune In, Turn On: The Novel, The Family, And The Plug-In Drug, Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
This article, forthcoming (January 2010) in an online casebook from Dalkey Archive Press on Curtis White’s Memories of My Father Watching TV, explores the peculiar relationship between the novel and its representations of television, arguing that this novel significantly complicates the anxious representations that I explored in The Anxiety of Obsolescence, by focusing on the subversive potential that television presents within the family.
Rescripting Stalinist Masculinity: Contesting The Male Ideal In Soviet Film And Society, 1953-1968,
2010
Western Kentucky University
Rescripting Stalinist Masculinity: Contesting The Male Ideal In Soviet Film And Society, 1953-1968, Marko Dumančić
History Faculty Publications
This dissertation traces the evolution of a new type of cinematic masculinity in the fifteen years following Joseph Stalin’s death and examines how controversial post-Stalinist movie heroes became a battleground for the country’s postwar values and ideals. During the 1950s and 1960s, postwar Soviet leadership faced the kinds of sociopolitical ruptures that were also evident on the other side of the Iron Curtain; the Communist Party leadership struggled to moderate the combined destabilizing effect of consumerism, a recalcitrant youth (sub)culture, and Cold War anxieties. Nowhere was the angst of the postwar period more obvious than in the way Soviet filmmakers …
A Political Economy Of Formatted Pleasures,
2010
Technological University Dublin
A Political Economy Of Formatted Pleasures, Edward Brennan
Books/Book chapters
No abstract provided.
Beyond Europe: Launching Digital Radio In Canada And Australia,
2010
Technological University Dublin
Beyond Europe: Launching Digital Radio In Canada And Australia, Brian O'Neill
Books/Book chapters
Eureka 147 was, as we have argued throughout this volume, a European technology designed within the very particular context of European public service broadcasting (see also Rudin 2006; O'Neill 2009). At the same time, the consortitum behind DAB technology had the ambition that Eureka 147 would become the world standard for digital radio. DAB was indeed the first such technological system to achieve standardisation at the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), and be recommended as a global standard for digital terrestrial sound broadcasting by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
Through The Lens Of A "Branded Criminal": The Politics Of Marginal Cinema In India,
2010
Technological University Dublin
Through The Lens Of A "Branded Criminal": The Politics Of Marginal Cinema In India, Rashmi Sawhney
Books/Book chapters
Images of Adivasis (Indian tribal communities) being displaced by the building of industries and dams have been regularly flashing across our television screens for the last twenty years or so, yet, media scholars have shown very little interest in this constituency either as producers or as audiences. This chapter argues that, contrary to the mass media’s favourite stereotype of the forest-inhabiting ‘native’, India’s tribal communities exist in a complex constellation of modernities, both urban and rural, and that many of these communities have at least a nominal contact with media cultures. One such group, the Chharas of Ahmedabad, popularly branded …
A Political Economy Of Formatted Pleasures,
2010
Technological University Dublin
A Political Economy Of Formatted Pleasures, Edward Brennan
Books/Book chapters
This chapter argues that, by promoting audience pleasures based in the pursuit of individual and materialistic goals, most television formats are consonant with a dominant orthodoxy which sees markets as the only way to organise society . This elective affinity between format pleasures and free market ideology, however, does not come about through deliberate design. Rather it is an unintended consequence of television production’s response to economic and practical necessity. In their form, content and production practices formats are pre-adapted to the demands of a globalised media market place. This commercial logic has given formats a peculiar signature in terms …
From Bruff To The Balkans: James David Bourchier,
2010
Technological University Dublin
From Bruff To The Balkans: James David Bourchier, Michael Foley
Books/Book chapters
James Bouchier was an Irish journalist who served as the London Times correspondent in the Balkans and especially Bulgaria. Because of his championing of the Bulgarian nationalist interest he became a hero who is still remembered nearly 90 years after his death
Germans, Jews And Turks (Spring 2010),
2010
Clark University
Germans, Jews And Turks (Spring 2010), Robert D. Tobin
Syllabi
This class studies the expression of cultural identity in central European literature. How have people come to think of themselves or others as “Germans,” “Jews,” “Turks,” or some combinations thereof? While the Holocaust is obviously central to the German-Jewish relationship, it is not the only focus of this course—we will read literary reflections of the emancipation of the Jews, of German-Jewish assimilation and symbiosis, of the rise of anti-Semitism and Zionism, as well as attempts to remember the past. And while the long history of the relationship between Jews and non-Jews in Germany will be a major component of our …
Correspondences And Complementarity In Visual Music,
2010
Harvey Mudd College
Correspondences And Complementarity In Visual Music, Bill Alves
All HMC Faculty Publications and Research
Visual music is an art form that implies intermodal connections between the senses but which has historically often failed to identify aesthetically satisfying correspondences. Artistic success does not automatically emerge in one medium when its elemental characteristics are mapped to those of an existing work from another medium. I offer examples from my own abstract animations with music, which draw upon John Whitney's concept of complementarity, a more intuitive correspondence at a higher level of aesthetic qualities, that of stasis and dynamism or tension and resolution.
Twilight Follows Tradition: Analyzing "Biting" Critiques Of Vampire Narratives For Their Portrayals Of Gender & Sexuality,
2010
Eastern Illinois University
Twilight Follows Tradition: Analyzing "Biting" Critiques Of Vampire Narratives For Their Portrayals Of Gender & Sexuality, Melissa R. Ames
Faculty Research & Creative Activity
Vampires have dominated print literature since the 18th century, eventually becoming more visible as they crossed mediated boundaries and genre divides. Now flourishing in neo-gothic realms like science fiction and fantasy, in print genres like chick-lit and young adult, and in the visual realm (from Hollywood’s big screen to daytime television’s sudsy small screen), vampire narratives are finding increased popularity. Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series has shined a new spotlight on the all-encompassing umbrella genre that is “vamp lit,” and with it has come renewed attention to the so-called anti-feminist messages present in such narratives, such as the perceived negative characterization …
Ua68/6 Much Ado About ... Quite A Lot: An English Department Newsletter,
2010
Western Kentucky University
Ua68/6 Much Ado About ... Quite A Lot: An English Department Newsletter, Department Of English
English Department Publications
In the areas of research, scholarship, creativity, and teaching excellence, the English faculty has enjoyed a rich and varied year. The quality of the faculty’s work is evident in the public recognition and honors they have received. We are pleased to share some of our achievements
Narrative In Live Visual Performance,
2010
University of Central Florida
Narrative In Live Visual Performance, Henry Lenz
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
For purposes of this thesis, live visual performance is defined as the accompaniment of music using projected or televised visual stimuli to achieve a supplemental interpretation of the music to tell its 'story' in a visual way. In my research I have found that, while complex narrative in a song can be conveyed through various means, the attention span of those listening and watching in a club setting is not conducive for patrons to sit down and engage in watching the visuals for a protracted period of time. Most patrons are dancing and socializing and do not choose to watch …
‘Killer Vacations’ And ‘Murder Music’: The Discourses Of Gay Identity, Consumerism, And Race In The Gay-Dancehall Confrontation,
2010
Western University
‘Killer Vacations’ And ‘Murder Music’: The Discourses Of Gay Identity, Consumerism, And Race In The Gay-Dancehall Confrontation, James Rogers
Digitized Theses
Using Foucaultian discourse analysis, this thesis examines the discursive practices of AngloAmerican gay activists who respond to the homophobic lyrics and violence of Jamaican dancehall music and culture. Since the early 1990s, gay activists in North America and the United Kingdom have mobilized in opposition to the graphic anti-gay violence in Jamaican popular culture. While much has been written about the metaphor, performativity, and symbolic violence in dancehall music, there is a paucity of scholarship that analyzes the discourse of gay activists who, in taking aim at dancehall homophobia, arguably produce the framework in which dancehall is meaningfully discussed. My …
True Blood: The Vampire As A Multiracial Critique On Post-Race Ideology,
2010
University of Hawaii at Manoa
True Blood: The Vampire As A Multiracial Critique On Post-Race Ideology, Nicole Rabin
Journal of Dracula Studies
No abstract provided.
The Fear Of Castration And Male Dread Of Female Sexuality: The Theme Of The “Vagina Dentata” In Dracula,
2010
University of Dayton, Ohio
The Fear Of Castration And Male Dread Of Female Sexuality: The Theme Of The “Vagina Dentata” In Dracula, Laura Linneman
Journal of Dracula Studies
Bram Stoker’s Dracula reflects the Victorian fear of reverse colonization by the “Other” or the encroachment of the outsider on the British Empire as well as the repression of sexuality in Victorian England; however, there is one facet of the text that has never been fully explored: the inherent male fear of castration and feminine sexuality as well as its relationship to the “vagina dentata” motif. Furthermore, this dread of female sexuality has not been adequately explored in light of the novel’s historical context. Written during the rise of the New Woman, Stoker crafts a response to the increasing independence …
Vampirism, And The Visual Medium: The Role Of Gender Within Pop Culture’S Latest Slew Of Vampires,
2010
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith
Vampirism, And The Visual Medium: The Role Of Gender Within Pop Culture’S Latest Slew Of Vampires, Kristopher Broyles
Journal of Dracula Studies
No abstract provided.
Our Lady Of The Telegraph: Mina As Medieval Cyborg In Bram Stoker’S Dracula,
2010
University of Minnesota
Our Lady Of The Telegraph: Mina As Medieval Cyborg In Bram Stoker’S Dracula, Eric Brownell
Journal of Dracula Studies
No abstract provided.
