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Slackers, slashers and sticklers : Hollywood films and audience reception /

Bradley, Sarah. (Brock University, 2006-05-19)

This thesis examines the processes through which identity is acquired and the processes that Hollywood :films employ to facilitate audience identification in order to determine the extent to which individuality is possible ...
The last resort : spa therapy and the docile body in Victorian St. Catharines /

Prunskus, Lynne. (Brock University, 2006-05-19)

By relying on existing cultural models, the Victorian spa promoted health and wellness. Advertising, together with other forms of promotion, strengthened the legitimacy of its claims to cure a variety of health problems. ...
A tale of two childhoods : the virtual child and the real child in Romania, 1970s and 1980s

Visan, Laura. (Brock University, 2006-11-04)

This thesis deals with the everyday use of propaganda in Romania, between 1971 and 1989. It explores the way in which the propaganda discourse of the Romanian Communist Party was disseminated through popular culture ...
Where's Albania? : staking out the politics of the real and reality in documentary cinema

Metcalf, Graeme. (Brock University, 2006-11-04)

This thesis, entitled, "Where's Albania? Staking Out the Politics of the Real and Reality in Documentary Cinema," charts the documentary tradition's path from its first incarnations, as filmed travelogue or ethnographic ...