> I'm trying to write my PhD project:
>
> the representation of the proletariat/the masses/the people by/for the
> proletariat/the masses/the people in cinema, according to the
> evolution of the
> concept of <proletariat> troughout the history of the cinema and
> its technical
> developpment.
> I would be very grateful for any advice regarding:
> # the filmography
> # any litterature on the subject
> # philosophical/historical litterature (I'll work on Jacques
> Ranciere at first)
> # the project in general
This topic is way too broad, way too big...what are you thinking?
You need to come up with a thesis, or at least narrow down the time,
place, politics
Almost all dramatic narrative films around the world that present the
modern world show workers of one kind or another...even if its an
upper class drawing room comedy and the only worker is a servant who
delivers a message. If you use the vaguest terms like "the masses"--
well, even 300 and Star Wars shows them, ...as does Bicycle Thieves,
Metropolis, Stella Dallas, Yellow Earth, 42nd Street, The Seventh
Seal, Happy Feet, Fight Club, Alphaville, and.....
Have you thought of starting by reading Marx, Lenin, etc?
Chuck Kleinhans
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