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“Carole Lombard as silent spectacle”
Title
“Carole Lombard as silent spectacle”.
Creator
Kiriakou, Olympia, Sim, Gerald
Date Issued
2012-04-06
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3350909
Subject Headings
Silent films, Motion picture actors and actresses, Film criticism, Epic films --History and criticism, Motion pictures --United States --Plots, themes, etc., Lombard, Carole, 1908-1942, Silent films --History and criticism, Comedy films --History and criticism
Format
Document (PDF)
CHINESE BANDIT NOVEL AND THE AMERICAN GANGSTER FILM: A THEORETICAL MODEL FOR CROSSCULTURAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHING
Title
THE CHINESE BANDIT NOVEL AND THE AMERICAN GANGSTER FILM: A THEORETICAL MODEL FOR CROSSCULTURAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHING.
Creator
BARTELL, SHIRLEY MILLER, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
The problem of this study was to provide a theoretical model for crosscultural and interdisciplinary teaching in the humanities to help lead students toward a greater understanding and appreciation of cultures different from their own and to help lessen potential conflicts based upon such differences. Intended for teachers of community college students, the theoretical model might be useful in teaching in four-year institutions. It was designed to allow students to examine together the...
Show moreThe problem of this study was to provide a theoretical model for crosscultural and interdisciplinary teaching in the humanities to help lead students toward a greater understanding and appreciation of cultures different from their own and to help lessen potential conflicts based upon such differences. Intended for teachers of community college students, the theoretical model might be useful in teaching in four-year institutions. It was designed to allow students to examine together the content from several disciplines in the humanities in terms of being representative of differing cultures. The pilot model for the theoretical model was a comparative study of the Chinese bandit novel and the American gangster film, chosen as representing two extremes in cultural polarity and found to share a number of parallels. It was assumed that if these two very unlike cultures produced art forms sharing this number of similarities, it should be possible to find similarities between the culture elements of cultures generally considered less different from one another than these two. The method of developing instructional procedures and techniques in utilizing the theoretical model was demonstrated by use of the content of other disciplines chosen to represent other cultures. It was concluded that the theoretical model can be applied in teaching in the humanities. It is hoped that more studies of this kind can help in resolving potential cultural conflicts.
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Date Issued
1976
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11676
Subject Headings
Multicultural education, Chinese fiction--Song dynasty, 960-1279--History and criticism, Gangster films
Format
Document (PDF)
Disney's representations of gender and family in three animated films: The construction of myth in popular culture
Title
Disney's representations of gender and family in three animated films: The construction of myth in popular culture.
Creator
Siemens, Linda Beth., Florida Atlantic University, Budd, Michael N.
Abstract/Description
The tremendous changes in the lives of American women and the dynamics of the American family have gone unnoticed by Disney in some of its animated films. Aside from a few superficial changes, representations of Disney's heroines consistently depict them within the limiting boundaries of stereotypically traditional women. Disney's families also remain firmly within the traditional patriarchal mold. This thesis applies ideological film criticism to Disney's films The Little Mermaid (1989),...
Show moreThe tremendous changes in the lives of American women and the dynamics of the American family have gone unnoticed by Disney in some of its animated films. Aside from a few superficial changes, representations of Disney's heroines consistently depict them within the limiting boundaries of stereotypically traditional women. Disney's families also remain firmly within the traditional patriarchal mold. This thesis applies ideological film criticism to Disney's films The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), in the contention that these films function to refine and promote a static, sexist, and decidedly patriarchal myth.
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Date Issued
2002
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12956
Subject Headings
Walt Disney Company, Animated films--Criticism and interpretation, Popular culture, Women in motion pictures
Format
Document (PDF)
Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir, an alternative perspective on the Middle East, a mirror for the West
Title
Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir, an alternative perspective on the Middle East, a mirror for the West.
Creator
Dzmuranova, Kristyna., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description
This project presents a three-level analysis of Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir to elucidate the way these films deconstruct the image of the Middle East that the dominant Western media perpetuate. The thesis demonstrates that the combination of highly expressive and easily understandable animated form with an autobiographical storyline that endows the films with attractive authenticity, personification and intimacy, creates a palatable setting for the intellectual texts. Further, this...
Show moreThis project presents a three-level analysis of Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir to elucidate the way these films deconstruct the image of the Middle East that the dominant Western media perpetuate. The thesis demonstrates that the combination of highly expressive and easily understandable animated form with an autobiographical storyline that endows the films with attractive authenticity, personification and intimacy, creates a palatable setting for the intellectual texts. Further, this project discloses the ways representation gives rise to stereotypes and illustrates how the films articulate an alternative to the dichotomous perception of West versus Middle East. The movies impersonate a unique, subjective insight into the past, emphasizing that history is an ongoing, non-linear process that depends on where and who is narrating it, and to whom. Understanding that public memory is shaped by media content, the thesis asserts the necessity for more cultural texts that deconstruct the norm and eliminate bias.
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Date Issued
2011
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3175014
Subject Headings
Documentary films, Criticism and interpretation, Arab-Israeli conflict, Motion pictures and the conflict, Moving pictures in propaganda, Motion pictures and history, Historical films, Criticism and interpretation, History and criticism
Format
Document (PDF)
fistful of facts
Title
A fistful of facts: reconsidering Dziga Vertov's cinematic truth.
Creator
Salomone, Peter., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
In 1919, the Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov declared a "death sentence" on fictional films. Vertov championed his own unique method of non-fiction filmmaking, called Kino-Eye, which is based on Vertov's ideas regarding truth in cinema. Although he does not write specifically about Vertov or film, the philosopher Nelson Goodman offers a contrasting view of truth in general. By comparing the Kino-Eye method to Goodman's philosophy, we can better understand Vertov's radical ideas and see more...
Show moreIn 1919, the Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov declared a "death sentence" on fictional films. Vertov championed his own unique method of non-fiction filmmaking, called Kino-Eye, which is based on Vertov's ideas regarding truth in cinema. Although he does not write specifically about Vertov or film, the philosopher Nelson Goodman offers a contrasting view of truth in general. By comparing the Kino-Eye method to Goodman's philosophy, we can better understand Vertov's radical ideas and see more clearly how the concept of cinematic truth has changed over time.
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Date Issued
2008
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/77687
Subject Headings
Criticism and interpretation, Documentary films, Sources, Motion pictures, Philosophy, Film criticism
Format
Document (PDF)
Perceptions of Ambiguous Events
Title
Perceptions of Ambiguous Events.
Creator
Paulvin, Cleopatre, Kersten, Alan, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description
This study looked at the effects of stereotypes in the media on memory for ambiguous events. The latter were stimuli created to portray individuals of two different racial groups (white and black) in situations that did not necessarily negatively implicate these actors. Two hundred and thirty six participants took part and viewed these events as well as six media clips. Three groups of media clips were shown: clips with black actors, white actors, and both races. A subset of participants, the...
Show moreThis study looked at the effects of stereotypes in the media on memory for ambiguous events. The latter were stimuli created to portray individuals of two different racial groups (white and black) in situations that did not necessarily negatively implicate these actors. Two hundred and thirty six participants took part and viewed these events as well as six media clips. Three groups of media clips were shown: clips with black actors, white actors, and both races. A subset of participants, the explicit condition, were asked to rate the media clips for stereotypes, whereas another group, the implicit condition, were instructed that these clips were distractions. The participants' main goal was to remember the ambiguous events they saw and distinguish them from a new set of altered - more negative - events from the old items seen at encoding. A main effect of ambiguous events ethnicity was found, which could be interpreted as part icipants having more difficulty remembering black actors.
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Date Issued
2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004533, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004533
Subject Headings
Culture diffusion, Film criticism, Mass media -- Semiotics, Representation (Philosophy), Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media, Stereotypes (Social psychology) in television
Format
Document (PDF)
Vampire films and the social construction of whiteness
Title
Vampire films and the social construction of whiteness.
Creator
McQueen, Michael Anthony., Florida Atlantic University, Budd, Michael N.
Abstract/Description
This thesis explores the manner in which whiteness is represented and constructed in Western media through analysis of six narrative films about vampires. The study hypothesizes that vampire films have been underexamined as a site of contestation over the meanings of racial differences because they have been considered a "white" genre. Stuart Hall's encoding/decoding model is used as the principal methodology, but other theories (e.g. semiotics) are used to explore the subtexts of the films....
Show moreThis thesis explores the manner in which whiteness is represented and constructed in Western media through analysis of six narrative films about vampires. The study hypothesizes that vampire films have been underexamined as a site of contestation over the meanings of racial differences because they have been considered a "white" genre. Stuart Hall's encoding/decoding model is used as the principal methodology, but other theories (e.g. semiotics) are used to explore the subtexts of the films. The study pays attention to the historical moment of the films' production and explores instances where race works in tandem with gender to construct Others.
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Date Issued
1999
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15735
Subject Headings
Vampire films--History and criticism, Race relations in motion pictures, Whites in literature, Minorities in motion pictures
Format
Document (PDF)
Collective memory of Japanese naming rituals through the incorporation of anime and manga
Title
Collective memory of Japanese naming rituals through the incorporation of anime and manga.
Creator
Kirk, LauraLynn., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
In this paper, I ask how members of Japanese society are able to remember naming practices in which some of the traditions are no longer in use. Members of Japanese society perpetuate their collective memory through the utilization of Japanese media to include past and present Japanese name alterations. I explain the reasons behind name alterations, and how knowledge and use of the naming rituals continue through the collective agency of contemporary Japanese media such as anime and manga....
Show moreIn this paper, I ask how members of Japanese society are able to remember naming practices in which some of the traditions are no longer in use. Members of Japanese society perpetuate their collective memory through the utilization of Japanese media to include past and present Japanese name alterations. I explain the reasons behind name alterations, and how knowledge and use of the naming rituals continue through the collective agency of contemporary Japanese media such as anime and manga. Each anime and manga example correlates to past and present naming rituals. Social name alterations occur at birth, genpuku, marriage, and changes in levels of skill. Political alterations occur from hostage exchange or adoption, change in ideologies, occupational change, or the assumption of new roles from a higher-ranking member of society. While members of Japanese society learn naming traditions from daily interactions with other people, media such as anime and manga reinforce expected behavior and customs.
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Date Issued
2008
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/165337
Subject Headings
Memory, Social aspects, Rites and ceremonies, Psychological aspects, Comic books, strips, etc, Criticism and interpretation, Animated films, Criticism and interpretation
Format
Document (PDF)
There's A New Sheriff in Town: Caribbean Rewriting of the American Western in Perry Henzell and Michael Thelwell's The Harder They Come and Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the Widow
Title
There's A New Sheriff in Town: Caribbean Rewriting of the American Western in Perry Henzell and Michael Thelwell's The Harder They Come and Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the Widow.
Creator
Wilson, Paula J., Machado, Elena, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this investigation is to analyze the ways in which the American Western genre has been reworked in an Anglophone Caribbean context. This paper focuses on the role of the cowboy figure as it pertains to both a postcolonial Jamaican context a more globalized, diasporic Anglophone Caribbean setting. The Western genre, while not typically associated with the Caribbean, has tropes that certainly occur in both film and literature. There is not much scholarship that details the...
Show moreThe purpose of this investigation is to analyze the ways in which the American Western genre has been reworked in an Anglophone Caribbean context. This paper focuses on the role of the cowboy figure as it pertains to both a postcolonial Jamaican context a more globalized, diasporic Anglophone Caribbean setting. The Western genre, while not typically associated with the Caribbean, has tropes that certainly occur in both film and literature. There is not much scholarship that details the importance of this reimagination as a positive association in the region, and I have chosen both the film and novel The Harder They Come by Perry Henzell and Michael Thelwell, respectively, and Praisesong for the Widow by Paule Marshall to trace these ideas. Together, these works provide a multifaceted understanding of how the American Western helps to interpret the Anglophone Caribbean as a participant in an increasingly globalized world.
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Date Issued
2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004557, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004557
Subject Headings
Caribbean Area -- Fiction -- Criticism and interpretation, Caribbean Area -- In literature, Henzell, Perry -- Harder they come -- Criticism and interpretation, Jamaica -- Fiction -- Criticism and interpretation, Marshall, Paule -- Praisesong for the widow -- Criticism and interpretation, Thelwell, Michael -- Harder they come -- Criticism and interpretation, Western films -- United States -- History and criticism
Format
Document (PDF)
Preaching to the choir
Title
Preaching to the choir: the culture war and the box office success of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.
Creator
Kuhn, Rebecca., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description
In 2004, Mel Gibson released The Passion of the Christ, a film that focuses specifically on the events surrounding the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. Over a year before its release and well ahead of any studio publicity, the film and its director were at the center of a discussion that sparked criticism from biblical scholars, Jesus historians, and members of the media. In spite, or perhaps because, of this controversy, The Passion was well-received by its audiences if not by its critics....
Show moreIn 2004, Mel Gibson released The Passion of the Christ, a film that focuses specifically on the events surrounding the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. Over a year before its release and well ahead of any studio publicity, the film and its director were at the center of a discussion that sparked criticism from biblical scholars, Jesus historians, and members of the media. In spite, or perhaps because, of this controversy, The Passion was well-received by its audiences if not by its critics. This dissertation explores the cultural, political, and economic factors that led to the box office success of Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ and also examines why viewers identified with Jesus, the protagonist of the film. First, this project places the success of The Passion of the Christ in socio-historical and political-economic context of 2004, emphasizing the popularity of neoliberal economic policies, conservative political thought, and Evangelical Christianity. Second, this project explores the specific political and economic arrangements that facilitated the making of the film at Cinecitta studios in Rome. The ease with which Gibson was able to make The Passion outside of the United States is a direct result of neoliberal economic policies that emphasize free trade and, in the process, undermine trade unions and film industry laborers. Third, in addition to a macro- and micro-level political economic analysis of The Passion of the Christ, this project also examines the film as it fits into the horror genre. Horror not only seeks to elicit an immediate visceral reaction from audience members but also manifests the political and economic insecurities of society. Finally, this project connects the film text to these anxieties, including the war on terror, the war in Iraq, and an extended crisis of masculinity.
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Date Issued
2009
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/359922
Subject Headings
Criticism and interpretation, Passion, History of doctrines, Christianity and culture, Motion pictures, Political and social aspects, Horror films, Criticism and interpretation
Format
Document (PDF)