Constraining Lars Von Trier: Issues of Censorship
CONSTRAINING LARS VON TRIER: ISSUES OF CENSORSHIP, CREATIVITY, AND PROVOCATION A Dissertation By Kirsten L. Boatwright Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Middle Tennessee State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY December 2011 Major Subject: English UMI Number: 3506848 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent on the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. UMI 3506848 Copyright 2012 by ProQuest LLC. All rights reserved. This edition of the work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106-1346 CONSTRAINING LARS VON TRIER: ISSUES OF CENSORSHIP, CREATIVITY, AND PROVOCATION Kirsten L. Boatwright Approved as to style and content by Graduate Committee: <f. Dr. Linda C. Badley, Dissertation Director TU^-, Dr. Will Brantley, Reader Dr. Laura Dubek, Reader Dr. Tom Strawman, Chair, English Department Dr. Michael D. Allen, Dean, College of Graduate Studies DEDICATION A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism—a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else. -Richard Hofstadter, Columbia University, 1968 This dissertation is dedicated to the seventy faculty members in whose classes I listened, inquired, and learned. Thank you for guiding my journey. u ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Although writing a dissertation may at times be a lonely process, it is never a solitary endeavor.
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