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H-Net Review: Monica Fitzgerald on A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland
John Mack Faragher. A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland. New York: W. W. Norton, 2005. xx + 562 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. $28.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-393-05135-3; $17.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-393-32827-1.
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Black Film Center/Archive Feature Presentation: Race Movies
Beginning in the 1910s, a separate film industry began to take root, in part, to remedy the negative depiction of blacks in motion pictures. One of the motivating forces behind this movement was the racist depictions of blacks in D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation (1915). Early responses to this, such as The Birth of a Race (1918) [click here to view a clip from the film] and the Lincoln Motion Picture Company's The Trooper of Troop K (1916), did not achieve box office success but ushered in a new subset of films in America, commonly referred to as "race movies."
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George F. Will - Another Mob Hit - washingtonpost.com
They did. Its emulations of "The Godfather" are obviously intended to be obvious. But these genuflections to the archetype make "American Gangster" more, not less, interesting as a symptom of something permanent in the American mind -- cynicism for sentimentalists.
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the graduate
symantic map for the graduate
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welcome to the dollhouse
symantic map of welcome to the dollhouse and related films
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www.indiepixfilms.com - Country Teachers (1993)
This intimate, hopeful drama concerns a young teacher who is determined to make a better life for her students. By remaining open to the individuals around her, she is able to realize her dreams, and establish a sense of optimism in a harsh, bitter world.
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The Daily Bruin - Root of violence, crime in society lies beyond the stereotypes
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Ideology and the Hollywood classroom - DISSERTATION Nellis
Walking into the light: Ideology and the Hollywood classroom
by Nellis, Robert Christopher, M.Ed., University of Alberta (Canada), 2001, 246 pages; AAT MQ69460
Abstract (Summary)
Walking into the Light: Ideology and The Hollywood Classroom (1) analyzes 25 Hollywood films depicting educational phenomena and (2) identifies the ideological character of the individual films, their sub-genre categories, and the entire sample.
Methodologically, the study is situated within (1) Critical Social Science (CSS) and (2) Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA); as well, (3) it applies the depth hermeneutics of John B. Thompson's Tripartite Approach.
The thesis divides the films into six categories: (1) the classroom Western (depicting schools saved from lawlessness); (2) pictures of privilege (featuring British public or American private schools); (3) the teen comedy; (4) the teen drama; (5) the adult comedy; and (6) love letters to me (sentimental epistles of the teaching profession). The study finds that the overall ideological character of the pictures is liberal and that this is best explained by Antonio Gramsci's conception of hegemony. The project concludes by presenting possibilities for action.
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Reel teachers - DISSERTATION Nederhouser
Reel teachers: A descriptive content analysis of the portrayal of American teachers in popular cinema
by Nederhouser, Deborah Margaret Dobbin, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University, 2000, 168 pages; AAT 9997597
Abstract (Summary)
This dissertation analyzed the portrayal of K-12 teachers in American movies. A quantitative, qualitative, and comparative content analysis was used to study the portrayal of American teachers as seen in American movies. Coding categories were synthesized from applicable literature. The researcher applied characters to coding categories based on film dialogue and film action. Categories were quantified using a computerized database to run permutations of fields and applied to graphs. Emerging trends were analyzed and applied to the portrayal of teachers in film.
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Image of teachers in film (DISSERTATION Tan)
The image of teachers in film
by Tan, Ann Gaik Ang, Ph.D., Boston College, 2000, 379 pages; AAT 9961615
Abstract (Summary)
Film is one of the most influential sources of the media today though it is a relatively young industry. Some critics believe that films reflect the trends and beliefs of the society that produces them. By comparison, the teaching profession may be considered one of the oldest occupations. Teachers form one of the largest and most ubiquitous professions in this country. Yet, when the two merge, the teachers that appear on film seldom resemble any that we know.
This study contends that the teacher images that appear on the screen are reflections of stereotypes that already existed in society as a result of the way the teaching profession has developed in this country. It also contends that the stereotypes have been maintained by the nature of film itself, and that in being transposed onto film, the teacher character becomes transformed into a "hero" as defined by film.
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The American high school experience: A cinematic view from the 1980s (DISSERTATION Moraites)
This study looks at Hollywood films and their depiction of the role of formal and informal education in the lives of teenagers in American society. Prototypes of the "teenage education" genre from 1955 to 1961 are presented before focusing on films produced during the 1980s. The films are analyzed according to their verbal and nonverbal communication by examining the sound and visual images they contain. The 1980s films are further analyzed in terms of their depiction of public and private school experiences and the black, white, Hispanic and women's experiences. The study seeks to answer the following questions: How is the high school as an institution portrayed? How are the principal participants (administrators, teachers, athletic coaches, staff members, parents and students) portrayed? What problems are identified?
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