Browsing Film (Theses and Dissertations) by Subject "Drama, Film & Music, Ph.D."
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Community filmaking in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Film, 2014)This thesis explores the state of the field of knowledge and looks at the limitations of current research. It identifies what the term community means and examines its importance for cinema. It defines community film and ... -
Female performances and representation in the Hollywood musical, 1929 - 1940
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Film, 2015)This thesis explores the evolution of female performance paradigms and representation in Hollywood musicals from 1929 to 1940. In particular, it considers how the paradigmatic representation of femininity within the musical ... -
Profane love, the heartening story and sublation : the dialectical image in film
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Film, 2015)This thesis develops an understanding of the application of Walter Benjamin’s dialectical image. Benjamin’s theory of the dialectical image is examined through the comparison of avant-garde and realist film productions and ... -
White Cottage / White House : Irish-American masculinities and spaces of home in Hollywood cinema 1930 - 1960
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Film, 2015)This thesis examines constructions of Irish-American masculinity in classical Hollywood cinema's sound era (1930-1960) across five, chronologically-structured 'modes': James Cagney at Warner Bros; the Catholic priest; ...
