Browsing by Subject "film"
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Ambiguously Human: Questioning the Dichotomy between Human and Object
(2016-04-25)*Designated as an exemplary master's project for 2015-16*How can bringing together different investigations of defining “human” as opposed to “object” generate new ideas and questions? I looked at a small group of publicly ... -
And the Winner Is...: Politics and International Film Festivals
(2010-05-14)International politics dominate every interaction occurring at an international film festival. The Cannes Film Festival as well as the Pusan International Film Festival each offer unique aspects of international politics ... -
"i Have Ambition": Muhammad Ramadan's Proletarian Masculinities in Postrevolution Egyptian Cinema
(International Journal of Middle East Studies, 2020-01-01)Copyright © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press. This article provides a close reading of two popular Egyptian action films, al-Almani (The German, 2012), the first blockbuster since the 25 January ... -
Misrecognized: Looking at Images of Black Suffering and Death
(2008-04-30)This dissertation investigates the social, emotional, and ethical implications of looking at the suffering and death of African Americans. Drawing on film theory, visual studies, literary criticism, and semiotics, the study ... -
The development, characterization, and clinical investigation of a novel reusable radiochromic sheet for 2D dose measurement
(2019)Purpose: Radiochromic film remains a useful and versatile clinical dosimetry tool. While simple to use, current film options are single use, with no forms of reusable film available commercially. Here we introduce a novel ... -
Visualizing the Fractured Nation: Narratives of (Un)belonging in 21st-century Indian and South Korean Media
(2020)This thesis examines popular Indian and South Korean film and television media which depicts the nation in the context of postcolonial division. Specifically, it looks closely at portrayals of anti-colonial struggle and ...
