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The vernacular rhetoric of and audience responses to The debut

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dc.contributor.authorCasem, Anika, author
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Karrin, advisor
dc.contributor.authorAoki, Eric, advisor
dc.contributor.authorSorensen, Leif, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-27T03:56:50Z
dc.date.available2015-08-27T03:56:50Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis I look at an early Filipina/o American film, The Debut (2000). As one of the first of its kind The Debut was written, starred, directed, supported, produced, and created by and for the Filipino/a community (Ginsela 2003a; Ginsela 2003b). The marginalized Filipina/o American community has little power and little say within contemporary U.S. society and as a result, they are rarely acknowledged in U.S. economics, politics, culture, history, and society (Cordova 1983; Espiritu 2003). The silencing of the Filipina/o American community has resulted in creating a population of people who appear to have been erased from the public memory of the country they inhabit. The erasure and silencing has repercussions for the identity of the Filipina/o American community and issues surrounding identity. To explore Filipina/o American identity, I employ a dual methodology. The first is a critical analysis of the Filipina/o American film The Debut (2000). Using a theory of vernacular rhetoric I argue The Debut showcases several identities which consist of a both/and quality that allows the Filipina/o American community to maintain an identity at odds with itself. The second approach is an audience analysis of Filipina/o American college age students who discuss the relevance of the experiences depicted in the film to their own lives. In the conclusion I discuss that we need to continue educating the public about representations on screen; there needs to be more research done on vernacular discourses, ethnic audiences, and focus groups; there needs to be a cultivation of appreciation in the Filipina/o American community for film as art; for the time being, instead of more research being done by scholars what we actually need is for the Filipina/o American community to create more films.
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dc.identifierCasem_colostate_0053N_12823.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/166871
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
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dc.subjectFilipina/o American
dc.subjectCajayon, Gene
dc.subjectThe Debut
dc.subjectfilm
dc.subjectidentity
dc.subject.lcshAsian Americans
dc.titleThe vernacular rhetoric of and audience responses to The debut
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thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication Studies
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)

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