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1	The myths of the American dream interracial and inter-ethnic relationships in Hollywood films / Fyvie, Erica Gwen. January 1999 (has links) Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 1999. Graduate Programme in Film and Video. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [126-131]). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pMQ56174.
2	The “closed world” of the exotic leelo singers: the representation and reception of the title character and other Seto women in the film Taarka Unknown Date (has links) This thesis utilizes a multi-perspectival cultural and media studies approach analyzing the production, filmic text, and reception of Taarka, the first film about Setos, that is advertised as a (docu)drama. However, the analysis shows that it can also be interpreted as an ethnographic film. It examines which intersecting identities related to Seto women are depicted in the film and whether audiences and critics recognize the power dynamics of these intersections. It also analyses how the Estonian cultural economic environment, the filmic text, audience comments and critics reviews reinforce or challenge hegemonies connected with these intersections. Drawing on the principles of postcolonial feminism, intersectionality, and other critical theories, the thesis concludes that even though the filmic text challenges traditional gender roles, it still reinforces the Estonians’ one-sided portrayal of an exotic, commodified Seto ethnicity. Moreover, the cultural economic environment and reception of the film also bolster this view of Seto ethnicity. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2014. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection Estonia -- Social life and customs Ethnographic films -- Estonia Folk songs, Estonian Minorities in motion pictures Taarka (Motion picture)
3	One yard shy of empowerment: cinematic portrayals of female athletes Unknown Date (has links) Sports are a primary zone of masculinity and sports films are a popular genre. One is hard pressed to find many leading female roles as athletes in male-dominated sports storylines. The cinematic portrayal of women athletes represents social attitudes and values and whether or not the women's movement has been able to influence representations and, concomitantly, social understandings of women and athleticism. My discussion of films featuring female athletes begins with National Velvet (1944) and ends with Whip It (2008). By examining select sports films centered on all female teams, co-ed teams and individual female athletes, I show how their storylines and resolutions do or do not capitulate to patriarchal ideology. I find a general capitulation, with some concessions to women's equality. I conclude with a call for a degendering of sports and a redefinition of strength, competitiveness and aggression as human, not masculine. / by Vividiana Lieberman. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2012. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Women athletes Women athletes--United States Feminism and sports Competition (Psychology) Minorities in motion pictures Sex discrimination against women
4	Musicals and the Margins: African-Americans, Women, and Queerness in the 21st Century American Musical Wellborn, Brecken 12 1900 (has links) This thesis provides an overview of the various ways in which select marginalized identities are represented within the twenty-first century American musical film. The first intention of this thesis is to identify, define, and organize the different subgenres that appear within the twenty-first century iterations of the musical film. The second, and principal, intention of this thesis is to explore contemporary representations of African-Americans, women, and queerness throughout the defined subgenres. Within this thesis, key films are analyzed from within each subgenre to understand these textual representations. Cinema Film Musical Musical Film Cultural Studies African-American Representation Representation of Women Queer Representation Genre Studies Twenty-First Century Acoustic-Realist Musical Animated Fairytales Camp Musi-Comedy Family-Oriented Musical Formalist-Prestige Musical Music Video-Epic Neo-Nostalgic Spectacle Pop Performer Biopic Soundtrack-Dance Musical Tween-TV Musical African Americans in motion pictures. Women in motion pictures. Sexual minorities in motion pictures.

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