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Film Review: Mulan (2020), Josefine Pettit Jul 2021

Film Review: Mulan (2020), Josefine Pettit

History in the Making

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Film Review: The Trial Of The Chicago 7, Moises Gonzales Jul 2021

Film Review: The Trial Of The Chicago 7, Moises Gonzales

History in the Making

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Film Review: Lincoln (2012), Members Of The Csusb History Club Jul 2020

Film Review: Lincoln (2012), Members Of The Csusb History Club

History in the Making

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Film Review: 12 Years A Slave (2013), Lauren Kirschke, Jasmin Gonzalez, Moriah Schnose, Haley Carter Apr 2020

Film Review: 12 Years A Slave (2013), Lauren Kirschke, Jasmin Gonzalez, Moriah Schnose, Haley Carter

History in the Making

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Film Review: 42 (2013), Alexandra Martin Apr 2020

Film Review: 42 (2013), Alexandra Martin

History in the Making

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Film Review: The Attack (2012), Complex Issues Through A Cameras Lens, Steven Anthony Apr 2020

Film Review: The Attack (2012), Complex Issues Through A Cameras Lens, Steven Anthony

History in the Making

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Review Of The Favourite, Scott Romo Nov 2019

Review Of The Favourite, Scott Romo

History in the Making

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Review Of Studio 54: The Documentary, Ryan Rodriguez Nov 2019

Review Of Studio 54: The Documentary, Ryan Rodriguez

History in the Making

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The Origins Of Classic Hollywood’S Male, Federico Guevara Nov 2019

The Origins Of Classic Hollywood’S Male, Federico Guevara

History in the Making

Male dominance of Hollywood productions solidified inadvertently in the 1930s through the implementation of Catholic morality on screen, which precipitously narrowed the scope of experiences and desires of women depicted in entertainment media for the ensuing decades. Tracing back the behind-the-scenes origins and development of Hollywood’s persistent male gaze, it becomes clear that women in the entertainment industry had some real agency and power in the 1920s, prior to the Catholic Legion of Decency’s interference in movie making. These censorship rules, which became known as the Hays Code and were argued to be good for the whole of society, consequently …


Movie In Search Of America: The Rhetoric Of Myth In Easy Rider, Hayley Susan Raynes Jan 2005

Movie In Search Of America: The Rhetoric Of Myth In Easy Rider, Hayley Susan Raynes

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis is a rhetorical analysis of the movie Easy Rider. It explores how auteurs Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern's use of road, regional, and cowboy mythology creates a text that simultaneously exposes and is dominated by the ironies inherent in American culture and breathes new life into the cowboy myth, reaffirming the cowboy's place as one of America's most enduring cultural icons.