Comparing the different adaptations of The Beguiled

“What have you done to me, you vengeful bitches?” An adaptation is “the action or process of altering, amending or modifying something, esp. something that has been created for a particular purpose, so that it is suitable for a new use” (Etherington-Wright & Doughty, 2017). One of the main forms of adaptation is that of […]

How does Sean Baker represent subcultures across his sex work trilogy?

Abstract This dissertation aims to analyse how film director Sean Baker explores the theme of subcultures throughout his filmography while also examining his influences regarding the social realism genre. When looking at the subculture theory, mainly focusing on Dick Hebdige’s ground-breaking Subculture the Meaning of Style (1979), the dissertation will examine the different meanings of […]