Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This book addresses the relationship between gossip, women, and film with regards to the genre of chick flicks. Presenting two case studies on the films Easy A (Will Gluck 2010) and Emma (Douglas McGrath 1996), Dang demonstrates that hearsay plays a defining role in the staging of these films and thus in the film experience. While the lack of women’s voices in the general public sphere remains an issue, the female voice is very present in the contemporary woman’s film. In its analysis of gossip, this book focuses on a form of communication that has traditionally been assigned to women and is consequently disregarded. Dang provides a theoretical framework for the understanding of speech acts in the popular, yet undertheorized, genre of chick flicks. Dr Sarah-Mai Dang is a Research Assistant at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. Previously, she worked at the Collaborative Research Center “Aesthetic Experience and the Dissolution of Artistic Limits” (SFB 626) and at the Department for Film Studies, both at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Romance films. --- Gossip. --- Women. --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Chick flicks --- Love films --- Hollywood romance films --- Romance (Motion pictures) --- Romance movies --- Romance pictures (Motion pictures) --- Romantic films --- Romantic movies --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Communication --- Motion pictures --- Motion pictures. --- Feminist theory. --- Film genres. --- Popular Culture. --- Culture. --- Gender. --- Film Theory. --- Feminism. --- Genre. --- Popular Culture . --- Culture and Gender. --- Women's Studies. --- Cultural sociology --- Culture --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Genre films --- Genres, Film --- Motion picture genres --- Feminism --- Feminist philosophy --- Feminist sociology --- Theory of feminism --- Cinema --- Feature films --- Films --- Movies --- Moving-pictures --- Audio-visual materials --- Mass media --- Performing arts --- Social aspects --- Plots, themes, etc. --- Philosophy --- History and criticism

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Digital dissertations have been a part of academic research for years now, yet there are still many questions surrounding their processes. Are interactive dissertations significantly different from their paper-based counterparts? What are the effects of digital projects on doctoral education? How does one choose and defend a digital dissertation? This book explores the wider implications of digital scholarship across institutional, geographic, and disciplinary divides. The volume is arranged in two sections: the first, written by senior scholars, addresses conceptual concerns regarding the direction and assessment of digital dissertations in the broader context of doctoral education. The second section consists of case studies by PhD students whose research resulted in a natively digital dissertation that they have successfully defended. These early-career researchers have been selected to represent a range of disciplines and institutions. Despite the profound effect of incorporated digital tools on dissertations, the literature concerning them is limited. This volume aims to provide a fresh, up-to-date view on the digital dissertation, considering the newest technological advances. It is especially relevant in the European context where digital dissertations, mostly in arts-based research, are more popular. Shaping the Digital Dissertation aims to provide insights, precedents and best practices to graduate students, doctoral advisors, institutional agents, and dissertation committees. As digital dissertations have a potential impact on the state of research as a whole, this edited collection will be a useful resource for the wider academic community and anyone interested in the future of doctoral studies.

Education --- academic research --- digital dissertation --- digital projects --- interactive dissertation --- paper dissertation