Tsang Mei Lan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-128). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.iii / Abstract --- p.iv / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1. --- Research Problem --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- Anthropological Background of Festivals --- p.4 / On Rituals / On Cultural Identity / Chapter 3. --- Theoretical Framework --- p.8 / On Hong Kong / On Festivals / Chapter 4. --- Methodology --- p.14 / Participant Observation and Ethnographic Interviews Written Materials and News Collecting / Chapter 5. --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.17 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Historical Background --- p.19 / Chapter 1. --- From Ethnic Conflict to Cultural Borrowing -- Christmas in Hong Kong --- p.19 / Chapter 2. --- Changes of Tradition --Hong Kong's Lunar New Year --- p.30 / Chapter 3. --- Creation of Local Identity in Hong Kong --- p.39 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Making Up Christmas in Hong Kong --- p.42 / Chapter 1. --- Christmas in The Air --- p.43 / Chapter 2. --- Constructing Via Consuming --- p.47 / Christmas Commodities / Christmas Activities / Chapter 3. --- Different Interpretation of Christmas --- p.56 / Consumption for Christmas / Social Relations in Christmas / Chapter 4. --- Cultural Analysis --- p.73 / Westerness / Dialectics in Constructing Christmas / Christmas - An Everlasting Process of Construction / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Inheritance of Lunar New Year in Hong Kong --- p.79 / Chapter 1. --- Lunar New Year in Life --- p.79 / Chapter 2. --- Constructing Via Customs and Myths --- p.82 / Rituals before New Year's Day / Rituals on and after New Year's Day / Chapter 3. --- Unified Meanings of Lunar New Year --- p.85 / A Family Festival / An Experience of Community / A Carnival of Customs / Chapter 4. --- Reconstructing Lunar New Year --- p.95 / Lost Traditions / Creation of Traditions / Boundless Traditions / Chapter 5. --- Lunar New Year - A Cultural Memory --- p.103 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- A Comparison of the Festivals --- p.107 / Chapter 1. --- Unspecification of Festivities --- p.107 / Chapter 2. --- Meaning for Festivals --- p.109 / Chapter 3. --- Cultural Imagination --- p.111 / Christmas - A Foreign Festival / Lunar New Year - A Traditional Festival / Chapter 4. --- Festivals as Social Process --- p.117 / Chapter 5. --- Festivals as Pools for Constructing Identity --- p.118 / References --- p.122 / Books and Journals / Newspaper and Magazines

Historically the focus of journalistic reports, film festivals have recently started to attract the attention of academics, applying concepts from crossdisciplinary fields such as cultural studies and ethnography. As a result, film festivals are now gradually being institutionalised as a field of study within the wider discipline of Film Studies. This thesis adds to this growing body of literature by exploring film festivals as sites of cinematic, cultural, social, political and economic exchange, as well as the multiple ways in which these events produce cultural value. This thesis draws on three detailed case studies: the Buenos Aires Festival de Cine Independiente, known as BAFICI, in Argentina; the BFI London Film Festival in the UK; and the San Sebastián International Film Festival in Spain. Issues of national identity, history and memory inform and become crystallised in each festival. They acquire a particular resonance in the tensions between national and regional allegiances in San Sebastián, as well as the pressures between cinema as culture and entertainment in the case of London. The focus on BAFICI allows for a development of the argument beyond critics and academics’ habitual focus on Western film festivals. Transnational events by nature, all three festivals relate in complex ways to their own national cinemas and localities, as well as to other festivals within the international circuit. My personal experience as film critic and reporter at festivals is underpinned by academic research, giving this project a dual perspective. With findings based on extensive interviews (primary research) with the teams responsible for programming the three festivals, this thesis aims to bring into the public domain the views of those who have shaped these festivals, creating a new body of material that can be drawn on by future scholars working in this area.

Thesis (M. A.)--University of Canterbury, 2009. / Typescript (photocopy). "ID: 22502346." Principal supervisor: Elaine Dobson, assistant supervisor: Dr Jonathan Le Cocq. "February 2009." At head of title: MUSI 690 Master of Arts in Music. The DVD has a selection of recorded performances intended to be broadly representative of the events, performers, styles and mediums of performance. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 296-304). Also available via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.A.)--Bowling Green State University, 2009. / Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 118 p. : col. ill. Includes bibliographical references.

Reproduction de : Thèse de doctorat : Esthétique, Sciences et Technologie des Arts. Théâtre et Danse : Paris 8 : 2008. / Titre provenant de l'écran-titre. Bibliogr. f. 299-306. Glossaire.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1969. / Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--York University, 2001. Graduate Programme in Music. / "NQ-67905"--Fiche header. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 599-637).

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2006. Graduate Programme in Social Anthropology. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 564-614). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR19768

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Bowling Green State University, 2009. / Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 257 p. : col. ill. Includes bibliographical references.