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• 1. [Article] Gender in 21st Century American Film: Gender Messages and Types of Artistic Success

  44 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Sociology and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Arts, Spring 20...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Gender in 21st Century American Film: Gender Messages and Types of Artistic Success Author: Rojc, Ellen Year: 2014 44 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Sociology and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Arts, Spring 2014. Title: Gender in 21st Century American Film: Gender Messages and Types of Artistic Success Author: Rojc, Ellen Year: 2014 44 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Sociology and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Arts, Spring 2014. Close

• 2. [Article] Constructing heroic identities : masculinity and the western film

  This thesis employs the study of gender to demonstrate how recent Hollywood western films have constructed a hero that is reflective of contemporary beliefs regarding masculinity. Beginning with a New ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Constructing heroic identities : masculinity and the western film Author: Foster, Brad D. This thesis employs the study of gender to demonstrate how recent Hollywood western films have constructed a hero that is reflective of contemporary beliefs regarding masculinity. Beginning with a New Historicist approach at studying gender, this work first considers the construction of masculinity in post World War II America and traces the evolution of the western hero's masculinity from its iconic state in the 1950's through it trial during second wave feminism, its rebuilding during the Reagan years, and its refinement within recent Hollywood films. This thesis considers each period of western films as a representation and reflection of its current culture, and as a result ultimately argues that the western genre has recently endeavored to perpetuate the conservative cultural view that a marital union is the ideal in contemporary American society. In tracing the progression of masculinity in the western hero, through cultural and textual readings, this thesis concludes that today's paragon of the masculine western hero is more subject to domesticity and as such is more likely than its 1950s predecessors to accept marital living. Title: Constructing heroic identities : masculinity and the western film Author: Foster, Brad D. This thesis employs the study of gender to demonstrate how recent Hollywood western films have constructed a hero that is reflective of contemporary beliefs regarding masculinity. Beginning with a New Historicist approach at studying gender, this work first considers the construction of masculinity in post World War II America and traces the evolution of the western hero's masculinity from its iconic state in the 1950's through it trial during second wave feminism, its rebuilding during the Reagan years, and its refinement within recent Hollywood films. This thesis considers each period of western films as a representation and reflection of its current culture, and as a result ultimately argues that the western genre has recently endeavored to perpetuate the conservative cultural view that a marital union is the ideal in contemporary American society. In tracing the progression of masculinity in the western hero, through cultural and textual readings, this thesis concludes that today's paragon of the masculine western hero is more subject to domesticity and as such is more likely than its 1950s predecessors to accept marital living. Close

• 3. [Article] The rake's progress: Masculinities on stage and screen

  viii, 261 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: The rake's progress: Masculinities on stage and screen Author: Wardell, Kathryn Brenna Year: 2011, 2010 viii, 261 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. Title: The rake's progress: Masculinities on stage and screen Author: Wardell, Kathryn Brenna Year: 2011, 2010 viii, 261 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. Close

• 4. [Article] Falling Out of the Closet: Kevin Smith, Queerness, and Independent Film

  xiii, 429 p. : ill. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Falling Out of the Closet: Kevin Smith, Queerness, and Independent Film Author: Soles, Carter Michael Year: 2009, 2008 xiii, 429 p. : ill. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. Title: Falling Out of the Closet: Kevin Smith, Queerness, and Independent Film Author: Soles, Carter Michael Year: 2009, 2008 xiii, 429 p. : ill. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. Close