Browsing Library Submissions by Author "Popular Culture Program"

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"All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues": [Post]Oedipal Fatherhood And Subjectivity In ABC's Lost

Kilic, Gozde (2013-04-08)

ABC's popular television series Lost has been praised as one of the most innovative programs in the history of broadcast television primarily due to its unique storytelling content and structure. In this thesis, I argue ...
Blood, Sweat and Cheers: Absurdist Crime Films and Contemporary Society

Meisner, Christopher (2013-04-09)

Within the crime film tradition there is a plethora of sub-genres all of which relate to crime and its consequences. However, directors Joel and Ethan Coen, Quentin Tarantino and David Lynch, all of whom create plots ...
The Bond Girl phenomenon: defining the female protagonists of the James Bond films

Funnell, Lisa (2012-12-11)

As one of the most popular and well recognized staple characters of the James Bond film, the Bond Girl is both a cultural icon and phenomenon. The Bond film series was created in the 1960s and is based on the 1950s British ...
"I'm Your Biggest Fan, I'll Follow You ... " Lady Gaga, Little Monsters and the Religious Dimension of Fandom in Pop Music

Ferencz, Keri (2013-04-02)

This thesis examines the religious dimension of fandom in popular music, taking as an object of reflection Lady Gaga and her fans. I combine fan studies with theories of immanence as well as Deleuze and Guattari's notion ...

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