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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Contemporary cinema"”.
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Maternal Transgressions in Contemporary Cinema
… examines the representation of maternity in contemporary art cinema, focusing on selected films by Claire Denis, Lynne Ramsay, Andrea Arnold, Sean Baker and, in a coda, Alice Diop. It proposes that these recent directors all explore maternity from the perspective of ‘transgression’, both as …
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Spectacular physicalities: female athleticism in contemporary cinema
This thesis provides a critical account of contemporary female sports films. The research presented here is interdisciplinary in nature as it is situated in relation to (feminist) discourses around women and/in sport as well as women and/in cinema. Taking into account the embodied, discursive and …
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Perceiving voids: Memory And Sight Afflictions In Contemporary Cinema
… disgregation of the classical and postclassical cinematographic characters, and affect cinematographic language, establishing a dialectical relation with the filmic image that contaminates our spectatorial perception. In the first chapter I propose a different reading of a few moments in film …
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Identity and representation under occupation: cultural conflict in contemporary cinema
… psychological occupations depicted, and in their cinematic representation. The intertwining of the theme of identity with the themes of home and nation in the films is considered and the blending of fact and fiction within the narrative, through character, plot and dialogue is exposed. The role of …
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A death in the family: meditations on mourning in contemporary cinema
This thesis examines cinematic depictions of traumatic loss and mourning, with particular focus on representation. My study merges a theoretical and analytical investigation. I aim to defend cinema against the wider post-structuralist claim that trauma refutes the possibility of representation and …
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EMANCIPATING DESIRE, EMPOWERING FANTASY: CULTURAL POLITICS OF CONTEMPORARY CINEMA IN INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA
… and co-constitutive relationship between cinema and politics within the fast changing socio-political landscapes of contemporary Indonesia and Malaysia since the Reformasi era. Employing an ?inter-referencing? method and drawing on Jacques Ranciere?s and Alain Badiou?s theories on the …
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The Western image of Turks from the Middle Ages to the 21st century: the myth of 'terrible Turk' and 'lustful Turk'
… These characteristics still appear in cinematic representations of Turks. In Western films such as Lawrence of Arabia and Midnight Express, the portrayals of Turks echo the stereotypes of 'terrible Turk' and 'lustful Turk'. This thesis argues that these stereotypes have transformed into …
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Sexual Violence, Rape Culture, and the Ethics of Care in <em>Promising Young Woman</em> (2020), <em>Blink Twice</em> (2024), and <em>Women Talking</em> (2022)
… on rape and rape culture is reflected in contemporary cinema. This thesis analyzes <em>Promising Young Woman</em> (2020), <em>Blink Twice</em> (2024), and <em>Women Talking</em> (2022)—all directed by women—through the theoretical framework of the ethics of care, highlighting how these …
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Lives in Limbo: Memory, History, and Entrapment in the Temporal Gateway Film
This thesis examines the ways in which contemporary cinema from a range of different countries, incorporating a variety of styles and genres, explores the relationship to the past of people living in the present who are affected by traumatic national histories. These films, which I’ve grouped under …
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Contemporary Cinematic Portrayals of Female Sexuality in Top-Grossing R-Rated U.S. Films (2000-2009)
… sexual images in top-grossing R-rated U.S. contemporary cinema from 2000 to 2009 to compare how male and female directors represent women’s sexuality and imagery, and investigate whether female directors offer more balanced nudity, more diverse imagery, and less gazing of female bodies than …
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Artificial Identity: Representations of Robots and Cyborgs in Contemporary Anglo-American Science Fiction Films
… studied as a neuroscientific conundrum. However, contemporary developments in science and technology that afford us a greater knowledge of the human brain have resulted in an increased scientific focus on consciousness, emotion and personhood. This thesis argues that such explorations into …
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Seeing the Spell: Baroque, Decadence, and a Cinema of Digital-Animated Liberation
… aesthetics of digitally-animated spectacle in contemporary cinema. The dissertation seeks to critique binary antinomies of narrative vs. spectacle, and instead propose a concept of narrativized spectacle whereby digital visual effects have brought about a profound liberation in cinemas capacity …
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« L'illusion de l'amour n'est pas l'amour trouvé » : Camp and queer desire in Jacques Demy's Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, and Peau d'âne
… and continuing to leave an aesthetic stamp on contemporary cinema, have been received by some critics and viewers in general as pure contrivance with little edification. This thesis puts forward, however, that such interpretations of these Demy musicals as primarily saccharine, superficial, and …