Modern Culture and Media Theses and Dissertations

Theses and Dissertations for the Modern Culture and Media department.

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Description:: We are often told that ours is a “late” age. Lateness—as in the “late work” or “late capitalism”—simultaneously suggests something that has survived beyond its …
Year:: 2014
Contributor:: Noble-Olson, Matthew David (creator); Doane, Mary Ann (Director); Rosen, Philip (Reader); Rooney, Ellen (Reader); Brown University. Modern Culture and Media (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Film; Cinema; Modernity; Art; Motion pictures; Civilization, Modern
Language:: English
Collection:: Modern Culture and Media; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Laughter has a material history. In my dissertation, "Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes," I argue that comedy has haunted the emergence of cinema …
Year:: 2014
Contributor:: Hennefeld, Margaret D (creator); Rosen, Philip (Director); Rooney, Ellen (Reader); Doane, Mary Ann (Reader); Brown University. Modern Culture and Media (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Film; Gender and Sexuality; Modernity; Theory; Politics; Media; Civilization, Modern; Political science; Feminism
Language:: English
Collection:: Modern Culture and Media; Theses and Dissertations

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