Refiguring Melodrama in Film and Television : Captive Affects, Elastic Sufferings, Vicarious Objects 9780739172544, 9780739172537

Living Screens: Melodrama and Plasticity in Contemporary Film and Television 1783480483, 9781783480487

Through original analysis of three contemporary, auteur-directed melodramas (Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men, Lars von Trier’s

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Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt, Captive Among the Nootka, 1803-1805 9780773595408

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Meta in Film and Television Series 9781399508056

The first book-length study of meta-phenomena in film and television series Works discussed include: Sunset Blvd., Felli

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Ancient Epic in Film and Television 9781474473767

Examines representations of ancient epic and epic conventions in film and television Demonstrates how adaptation and rev

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Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt, Captive Among the Nootka, 1803-1805 9780773595408

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Refiguring American Film Genres: Theory and History 9780520918559, 052091855X

This collection of essays by leading American film scholars charts a whole new territory in genre film criticism. Rather

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Hands on Film: Actants, Aesthetics, Affects 9789048544769

Hands on Film is a comprehensive study of the representations and uses of that human limb from the birth of cinema to co

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Appreciating Melodrama: Theory and Practice in Indian Cinema and Television 9789354355356, 9789354354861

Appreciating Melodrama: Theory and Practice in Indian Cinema and Television seeks to identify and appreciate the continu

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Genre and performance: film and television 9781526129833

This book explores how popular film and television genres frame our understanding of on-screen performance. It brings to

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Imperial Affects: Sensational Melodrama and the Attractions of American Cinema 9780813583051

Imperial Affectsis the first sustained account of American action-based cinema as melodrama. From the earliest war films

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