Browsing by Author "Hales, Barbara"
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CHROME, NEON, AND CYBORGS: THE CYBERPUNK GENRE IN THE 1980’S UNITED STATES
(2021-12-08)This project was done to prove the viability of fiction as a crucial source of historical artifacts by focusing on the genre of cyberpunk, a genre localized in the 1980s United States, to show how the cultural anxieties ... -
Destruction of "Unworthy Lives": Eugenics and Medical Discourse in Weimar and Third Reich Cinema
This project tracks the eugenic discourse of the 1920s through the Nazi era, and analyzes the eugenic links within mainstream Weimar and Nazi films. This thesis argues that M (1931), La Habanera (1937), and Ich Klage An ... -
"Prison Cannot Crush Their Spirit": The Ideological Impact of Incarceration on Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, and Eugene V. Debs
(2020-05-27)This thesis revolves around the prison experiences of Eugene V. Debs, Emma Goldman, and Alexander Berkman. These working-class revolutionary intellectuals were each imprisoned multiple times between 1892 and 1921. By using ... -
Reflections of Fear: Mass Hysteria in Cold War Cinema 1946-1991
(2021-05-12)The Cold War was one of the longest and most complicated wars in American History. It lasted from 1946-1991 and was entrenched in every person’s life in the United States. It was a time of great fear and suspicion. Americans ...
