Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Memorable Movie Watching: Viewer Ruminations About Memory in Four Canadian Films and their IMDb User Reviews

Year: 2022, 2022

Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

Name(s): Creator (cre): Showalter, Anne Louise, Thesis advisor (ths): Chivers, Sally, Thesis advisor (ths): Steffler, Margaret, Degree committee member (dgc): Loiselle, Andre, Degree committee member (dgc): Bailey, Suzanne, Degree committee member (dgc): Marchessault, Janine, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University

Abstract: <p>Memorable Movie Watching: Viewer Ruminations about Memory in Four Canadian Films and their IMDb User Reviews explores how four Canadian films released in the decade around the turn of the millennium tell stories of memory and remembering, and how User Reviewers writing on the IMDb.com engage with, respond to, and re–remember those narratives filtered through their own remembered personal… more

Laughing to be Citizens: Multiculturalism, Humour, Belonging and the Cultural Productions of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in Canada

Year: 2020, 2020

Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

Name(s): Creator (cre): Aloh, Eyitayo Gad, Thesis advisor (ths): Bailey, Suzanne, Degree committee member (dgc): Hodges, Hugh, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University

Abstract: <p>This study will focus on how immigrants from Sub Saharan African (SSA) countries use humour as a tool for integration and belonging (and ultimately citizenship) in Canada. My aim is to investigate, through a detailed analysis of popular culture productions from immigrant communities, the strategies and techniques of humour that immigrants employ as a mode of communication with fellow… more