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Type of Document Dissertation Author Spinella, Michelle Author's Email Address mspinell@mailer.fsu.edu URN etd-04122004-163435 Title Cinema in Cuban National Development: Women and Film Making Culture Degree Doctor of Philosophy Department Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Department of Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Vandra Masemann Committee Chair John Mayo Committee Member Michael Basile Committee Member Steve Klees Committee Member Keywords
- Cuba
- women
- film in education
- national development
- cultural studies
- national cinema
Date of Defense 2003-10-06 Availability unrestricted Abstract ABSTRACT
The purpose of this qualitative study is to contribute to a fuller understanding of
cinema in processes of national development and social change. The study explores the
use of cinema as an educational strategy in post-revolutionary Cuba. The research
focuses closely on the experience of women filmmakers’ and their participation in the
production of cultural meaning and creation of a national Cuban cinema. My central
thesis is that cultural renewal is primarily an epistemological task and the study of cinema
as a way of knowing can inform the practices of education and development.
The themes of representation, culture and development are explored using
interviews with women filmmakers, Cuban films, primary source documentation from
Cuba’s historic archives, participant observation during a women’s conference on film
and video, and the methodology of film elicitation during a filmmakers’ focus group,
which evoked taken-for-grant cultural meaning. These data are presented in a contextual
analysis that illustrate cinema is a rich context for studying culture and representations of social change processes.
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