Essays about: "venereal disease film"

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  1. 1. Deconstructing the “Low Other” in the First Wave of Sex Hygiene Films (1914-1919)

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Maria Cârstian; [2019]
    Keywords : Early cinema; sex hygiene film; Low Other; Damaged Goods; The Black Stork; The End of The Road; venereal disease film; sex education film; eugenics; transgression; hybridization; Progressive Era.;

    Abstract : The present thesis investigates the commercial sex hygiene films produced between the years 1914 and 1919 in the United States, during the last years of the Progressive Era. Rejected and prohibited as soon as five years after their apparition, the sex hygiene films’ position within the industry, as well as the cinematic techniques they incorporated, will be analysed through the concept of the Low Other. READ MORE