Film Studies Theses: Recent submissions
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Folding cubanidad : a Deleuzian approach to contemporary Cuban cinema
(University of St Andrews, 2012-11-30) - ThesisIn this thesis I look at the way in which Cuban cinema of the post-Cold War period re-envisions the image of the nation through a theoretical framework of Deleuzian extraction. In particular, I refer to Deleuze's philosophy ... -
Framed intimacy : representation of woman in transnational cinemas
(University of St Andrews, 2011) - ThesisThis study compares independent films from different countries (Turkey, Denmark, Iran and Spain) in a transnational context. Making use of schizoanalytic concepts, it presents an analysis of filmic space in relation to ... -
Mosaic space and mosaic auteurs : Alejandro González Iñárritu, Atom Egoyan, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Michael Haneke
(University of St Andrews, 2011) - ThesisIn this thesis I propose approaching multi-strand films in a way that extends our focus beyond narrative strategy, arguing that the assemblage of narrative threads in fact infers a larger spatial mosaic. In this mosaic, ... -
Changing pleasures of spectatorship : early and silent cinema in Istanbul
(University of St Andrews, 2010-06) - ThesisThis project explores a curious facet of early cinema that has not been studied as yet: the relationship between Turkish modernity and the culture of spectatorship within the context of the late nineteenth century’s ... -
South Korean historical drama : gender, nation and the heritage industry
(University of St Andrews, 2011-06-24) - ThesisFrom the dynamic landscape of contemporary South Korean cinema, one trend that stands out is the palpable revival of the historical drama (known as the ‘sageuk’ in Korean). Since the early 2000s, expensive, visually striking, ...