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REMAKING RAPE-REVENGE: NAVIGATING WARTIME MORAL ANXIETIES THROUGH THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972/2009) AND I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978/2010)
(Georgetown University, 2017-04-19)
This thesis considers why two rape-revenge horror movies from the 1970s, The Last House on the Left (1972) and I Spit on Your Grave (1978), were remade within just one year of each other, in 2009 and 2010, respectively. ...
THE GOLDEN AGE OF CENSORSHIP: AN ANALYSIS OF MARRIAGE AND SEXUALITY BEFORE AND AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CODE IN 1930S HOLLYWOOD
(Georgetown University, 2017-04-19)
The Motion Picture Production Code, which was enforced in 1934, drastically altered films by strictly regulating their content. Female characters were particularly susceptible to censorship in appearance, attitude, and ...
WHO’S THE LEADER OF THE CLUB THAT’S MADE FOR YOU AND ME? SHAPING MASCULINE IDENTITY IN STANLEY KUBRICK’S FULL METAL JACKET
(Georgetown University, 2018-04-25)
It is often easy to view human interaction as a product of societal structure rather than the other way around. Social dynamics, systems of governance, and structures of power are not manifestations of civilization but ...
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEN AND GIRLS: GENDER REPRESENTATION IN WOODY ALLEN'S MANHATTAN, HUSBANDS AND WIVES, AND CAFÉ SOCIETY
(Georgetown University, 2019-04-17)
Woody Allen established himself as a household name in the 1960s. His half-century long career is celebrated for its generation of numerous memorable female characters and sullied by back-to-back scandals in 1992. For 25 ...