Between Past and Present: Cultural Trauma in "Fences" and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom". – Mgr. Nona Petrosyan
Mgr. Nona Petrosyan
Master's thesis
Between Past and Present: Cultural Trauma in "Fences" and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom".
Between Past and Present: Cultural Trauma in "Fences" and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom".
Abstract:
The main aim of this thesis is to analyze the representation of African American cultural trauma in the movie adaptations of Fences and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Taking into account the historical setting discussed in the first main chapter and theoretical background information on trauma studies analyzed in the second main chapter, the thesis will equally focus on the narrative and visual representation …moreAbstract:
The main aim of this thesis is to analyze the representation of African American cultural trauma in the movie adaptations of Fences and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Taking into account the historical setting discussed in the first main chapter and theoretical background information on trauma studies analyzed in the second main chapter, the thesis will equally focus on the narrative and visual representation …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 25. 5. 2022
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/f8jpo/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 14. 6. 2022
- Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D.
- Reader: B.A. Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel
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PETROSYAN, Nona. \textit{Between Past and Present: Cultural Trauma in ''Fences'' and ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom''.}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2022. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/q67x9u/.
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Faculty of ArtsMaster programme / field:
North-American Culture Studies / Anglophone and Hispanophone Area Studies
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