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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"social commentary"”.
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Urban rage in Bronzeville: Social commentary in the poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks, 1945-1960
… attention has been directed to illuminating its social content. Yet, the reality is that since Brooks published her first book of poetry, A Street in Bronzeville (1945), her voice of social consciousness has been consistent and clear. In this study I explicate Brooks' poetry from the perspective …
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Recasting the social critic : social commentary in selected novels of Charles Dickens and Terry Pratchett
… in portrayal of key themes that relate to social commentary in selected novels by Charles Dickens and Terry Pratchett. Charles Dickens has been considered a social commentator and critic by modern critics as much as his contemporaries. His novels aided in exposing several social problems …
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Misogynistic Language in the Comedies of Ben Jonson: Jonson's Social Commentary on a Degenerating London
… misogynist; I will also analyze the economic and social impact of these misogynistic passages to demonstrate Jonson's purpose behind them. Jonson's purpose, I shall argue, is not to malign women with his comedy; rather he comments on the general morality of society. Jonson demonstrates, through …
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Investigating contemporary social commentary in South African performance: Theatre, stand-up comedy, rap and visual performance
… performance practices function as vehicles of social commentary in the post-apartheid era by means of four case studies drawn from distinct yet interconnected domains: theatre (Mike van Graan), stand-up comedy (Schalk Bezuidenhout), rap (Angie Oeh, Early B, and Van Pletzen), and visual art …
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The docu-comedy : towards a new genre in the expression of social commentary through comic performance, using documentary film techniques and reality television discourse
… Traveling Jewish, captures improvised moments of social interaction through documentary filming style. Through filming, editing, animation and music, it becomes an entertaining half-hour of television and social commentary. It is with each cut, layer, added graphics, omitted sound or musical …
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Breaking the rules : three novels innovating genre fiction
… novels subvert these rules as a means to convey social commentary. Despite their novel approaches to the genres they work within, aspects of each novel has been looked over by literary critics. The novels under consideration are Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, a dystopian novel under the …
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A prophet unwelcome : motive magazine, the Methodist Student Movement, and midcentury Methodism.
… of avant-garde art, leftist political and social commentary, and engagement with radical theology. The narrative that has accompanied motive's legacy tells of a progressive and prophetic publication that succumbed to the censure of an oppressive denominational governing board. This thesis, …
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"""Accessory Invalids"" and the ""Central Figure"": Illness in the Works of Henry James"
… to delineate character, create plots, and make social commentary.
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Objects and Images
… are about pure aesthetics, my books are social commentary.
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Picture This
… and reality, hope and despair—while providing social commentary regarding the treatment of women in conservative religious spaces, as well as in American culture more broadly. Themes of abuse, anxiety, motherhood, mental illness, and religious struggle permeate this collection. Protagonists …
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Radical Empowerment and Evolution in Fay Weldon’s Menippean Satire: The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1983)
… demonstrates the effectiveness of Weldon’s social commentary and refutes criticism that deems Weldon’s work anti-feminist in nature.</p>
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A Dark Reflection of Society: Analyzing Cultural Representations of State Control in Black Mirror
… I conclude that Black Mirror provides a social commentary on the themes of state control, punishment, and surveillance, with respect to the role technology plays in extending the scope of the state’s power. </p>
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Unburdened by Objectivity: Political Entertainment News in the 2008 Presidential Campaign
… Show and The Colbert Report offer a venue for social commentary and criticisms of power at a time when traditional venues are dissipating, and these shows provide a place for serious political discourse that encourages dialogue that promotes civic engagement.
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Russell Kirk's Column "To the point": Traditional Aspects of Conservatism.
… “To The Point”.<sup>1</sup> The column provided social commentary on a wide variety of topics ranging from foreign policy, to civil rights, to feminism. Papers that carried the column included <em>Los Angeles Times</em> (1962-early 1968), <em>New Orleans Time-Picayune</em> (late 1962-late 1971), …
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Writing the screenplay, "Grammy's Grand Slam".
… they are stories that have a unique platform for social commentary that traditional comedies are less suited for. Life is not all comedy nor is it all tragedy. As such, great stories should reflect that. Even a fun, grandma revenge story should have heart.
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Social Disruption in the Gothic Novels of Horace Walpole, Elizabeth Inchbald, and Jane Austen.
… uses various narrative techniques to produce a social commentary on gender politics and to illustrate the consequences of a destroyed social structure. Through the examination of the construct of the Gothic narrative and its fragmentary style, the novels of Horace Walpole, Elizabeth Inchbald, …
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Neo-onnagata: professional cross-dressed actors and their roles on the contemporary Japanese stage
… to show how cross-dressing acts as a sharp social commentary and mirror, and to introduce some little-represented cross-dressing actors of the contemporary Japanese stage to the academic community at large. In addition, I examine the conservative gender role system of Japan and demonstrate …
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Sense, Sensibility, Sympathy, Social Class Upheaval in Jane Austen’s Novels
<p>This thesis will explore Jane Austen’s social commentary on class structure and boundaries as they evolved from her writing of Sense and Sensibility to Persuasion. By identifying and researching the philosophical concepts of sense, sensibility, and sympathy in the eighteenth and nineteenth …
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The Tao of South Park: Dissonant Visual Culture and the Future of Politics
… identity and history of comedic or animated commentary, South Park is an example of how popular culture can interact not only with and react against dominant ideology, but also how such cultural productions are sanctioned and desired by a media system that requires audience loyalty. In South …
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