Film in the 21st century has completely shifted its identity from the big screens in theatres to the small screens we carry with us every day. This means the study of entertainment, especially what we understand as ‘cinema’ to be, has been redefined, precisely because of how our use of entertainment has changed. This is
The concept driving Dr. Kelli Fuery’s (Creative and Cultural Industries) latest book, Ambiguous Cinema: From Simone de Beauvoir to Feminist Film-Phenomenology (Edinburgh University Press) originated from one of her Film Theory classes when she and her students were discussing theories of spectatorship. “While many students were familiar with the ‘male gaze’ as coined by Laura
Dean Patrick Fuery (Principal Investigator) ( WCAHSS ), Dr. Ann Gordon (WCAHSS), Dr. Kelli Fuery (Dodge College), and Natalie Lawler (University Art Curator) have been awarded a $200,000 grant from the European Union to develop Culture and Creative Industries (CCI) at Chapman University. The funds will be used to build a series of networks