Thesis
Philosophizing Boardwalk empire: Revising and re-animating women's issues in relation to prohibition of the 1920s and modern America
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
05/2014
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000004298
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/124630
Abstract
Television resonates with modern viewers for more than just entertainment reasons. People today have moved beyond sitcoms, and look to programs like Boardwalk Empire to contemplate and explore their own real-life concerns. In the case of Boardwalk Empire, discussions of issues like restraint, prohibition and excess, as well as the role of women in health care, in public and political forums, and in personal and familial relationships, are discussed through the weekly narrative. This paper looks at the question "What are the concerns in current culture that both echo and reanimate the concerns of 1920s America through the television series Boardwalk Empire?", and examines the ways in which Boardwalk Empire uses the character Margaret to revise historical ideas through creating an overlay of modern cinematic and moral perspectives in order to revisit women's issues and prohibition of 1920s America.
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Details
- Title
- Philosophizing Boardwalk empire
- Creators
- Brittani Renee Avalon
- Contributors
- Carol R Siegel (Advisor) - Washington State University, English, Department of
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- English, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Identifiers
- 99900896400401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis