Half a Woman: The Nun in Film from WWII to the Present

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dc.contributor.advisorMaria Pramaggiore, Committee Chairen_US
dc.contributor.advisorMarsha Orgeron, Committee Memberen_US
dc.contributor.advisorThomas Lisk, Committee Memberen_US
dc.contributor.authorKrocker, Sarah Elizabethen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-02T17:57:50Z
dc.date.available2010-04-02T17:57:50Z
dc.date.issued2005-12-06en_US
dc.degree.disciplineFilm Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelthesisen_US
dc.degree.nameMAen_US
dc.description.abstractHalf a Woman examines how six prominent nun films signify the changing perception of the nun in postwar America and Great Britain. Through the changing perspective of the populace, as well as historical influences such as the Feminist Movement, the nun has shifted from the angelic entity of the mid-1940s in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) and Lilies of the Field (1963) to the sexual demon of the 1970s and 1980s with The Devils (1971). After the 1980s, the nun was not only a sexual demon but a platform for political commentary. Agnes of God (1983), Dead Man Walking (1995), and The Magdalene Sisters (2002) all use the nun to express a political stance on topics affecting women, as well as society at the turn of the 21st century.en_US
dc.identifier.otheretd-12022005-041237en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/706
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dc.subjectnunen_US
dc.subjectfilm studiesen_US
dc.subjectnun in filmen_US
dc.subjectbells of st. maryen_US
dc.subjectlilies of the fielden_US
dc.subjectthe devilsen_US
dc.subjectagnes of goden_US
dc.subjectdead man walkingen_US
dc.subjectmagdalene sistersen_US
dc.subjectpeter mullanen_US
dc.subjecttim robbinsen_US
dc.subjectken russellen_US
dc.subjectnorman jewisonen_US
dc.subjectjane fondaen_US
dc.subjectralph nelsonen_US
dc.subjectsidney poitieren_US
dc.subjectleo mccareyen_US
dc.subjectingrid bergmanen_US
dc.subjectbing crosbyen_US
dc.subjectsusan sarandonen_US
dc.titleHalf a Woman: The Nun in Film from WWII to the Presenten_US

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