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Drake, Erin Accepted Thesis 7-25-19 Su 19.pdf (1.02 MB)
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Queer Narratives in Disco Films: Saturday Night Fever, Xanadu, and Beyond
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Drake, Erin R.
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Year and Degree
2019, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Film Studies (Fine Arts).
Abstract
This thesis looks at the history of disco, specifically the significant role that films played in shaping our cultural understanding of the phenomenon. Through the use of queer theory and narratology, "Queer Narratives in Disco Films" argues that the reception of disco and disco films is shaped by heteronormative assumptions of how narratives 'should' be understood. Such assumptions can have homophobic implications. Apart from breaking down the narrative structure of disco films, this thesis also further explores disco's relationship to cinema by examining disco films situated in various genres and the affect of disco in modern films. This project reveals how disco can always be read with a queer sensibility and that reading disco as queer is necessary for preserving an often-erased history.
Committee
Ofer Eliaz (Committee Chair)
Erin Schlumpf (Committee Member)
Louis-Georges Schwartz (Committee Member)
Pages
118 p.
Subject Headings
Film Studies
;
Gender Studies
Keywords
disco
;
disco films
;
Saturday Night Fever
;
Xanadu
;
queer theory
;
narratology
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Drake, E. R. (2019).
Queer Narratives in Disco Films: Saturday Night Fever, Xanadu, and Beyond
[Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1564509293047689
APA Style (7th edition)
Drake, Erin.
Queer Narratives in Disco Films: Saturday Night Fever, Xanadu, and Beyond.
2019. Ohio University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1564509293047689.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Drake, Erin. "Queer Narratives in Disco Films: Saturday Night Fever, Xanadu, and Beyond." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1564509293047689
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