Essays about: "American movies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words American movies.

1. 1. Why We Fight: Subdued propaganda in movies in the age of 9/11

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Maxwell Overend; [2023]
   Keywords : Hollywood; DOD; Propaganda; Culture; Movies; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This paper explores how American culture has been shaped by the U.S. Military through the lens of Hollywood movies to be more accepting and eager to enlist. READ MORE

3. 2. “I’m not a Final Girl” An intersectional character analysis of Jade in Stephen Graham Jones’ My Heart Is a Chainsaw and its pedagogical implications in the EFL classroom

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Jens Nilsson; [2023]
   Keywords : My Heart Is a Chainsaw; Final Girl; Intersectional Framework; identity; marginalization; alienation; empowerment; EFL classroom;

   Abstract : The following essay applies an intersectional lens to the character analysis of Jade, the main character in Stephen Graham Jones’ My Heart Is a Chainsaw (2021), as it aims to introduce EFL students to the principles of the intersectional theory framework. As Jade, as a way of dealing with her reality as an abused and marginalized young part-Native American adolescent, obsessively frames her real-life experiences in a slasher movie context, the novel explores the themes of identity, marginalization, empowerment through the way Jade sees herself in relation to the Final Girl: the archetypal female protagonist featured in slasher movies. READ MORE

4. 3. The Vincent Vega in Helmut Lang : Framing Helmut Lang's Coolness in Relation to Cool Movie Characters

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

   Author : Sophie Büttner; [2021]
   Keywords : Coolness; American movies; Helmut Lang; Myth; Embodiment; Stereotypes; Gender;

   Abstract : Coolness is a desired but overlooked concept in fashion. The thesis The Vincent Vega in Helmut Lang: Framing Helmut Lang’s Coolness in Relation to Cool Movie Characters sheds light on how coolness is created in Helmut Lang’s spring 2004 collection in relation to movie representations. READ MORE

5. 4. A Beautiful Wife Makes a Happy Husband : A CADS-based study on collocates to ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ throughout times in both movies and contemporary culture

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Anna Strandberg; [2021]
   Keywords : Collocates; Corpus; Husband; Wife; The Movie Corpus; The Corpus of Historical American English; CADS; kollokationer; korpuslingvistik; make; maka; the Movie Corpus; The Corpus of Historical American English; CADS;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate the differences between what collocations are used for ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ in films and contemporary culture. The comparison spans through different decades and the decades will also be compared and analysed. READ MORE

6. 5. He passed away watching people die on TV : A corpus study about euphemisms for to die, dying or dead in American English

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Hampus Kamph; [2021]
   Keywords : Taboo; Euphemisms; Death; Dead; Dying;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to investigate the use and frequency of euphemisms for die, dying or dead in the American English-language using the Corpus of Contemporary American English. To fulfill the purpose, three research questions were answered. READ MORE