The question "Why do they hate us?" is one of the most oft-cited puzzles of contemporary American affairs, yet it 's not clear to whom "they" or "us" refers, nor even what "hate" means. In this bold new work, Ella Shohat and Robert Stam take apart the "hate discourse" of right-wing politics, placing it in an international context. How, for example, do other nations love themselves, and how is that love connected to their attitudes toward America? Is love of country "monogamous" or can one love many countries? When can a country 's self-love be a symptom of self-hatred?
Drawing upon...
The question "Why do they hate us?" is one of the most oft-cited puzzles of contemporary American affairs, yet it 's not clear to whom "they" or "u...
The question Why do they hate us? is one of the most oft-cited puzzles of contemporary American affairs, yet it's not clear to whom they or us refers, nor even what hate means. In this bold new work, Ella Shohat and Robert Stam take apart the hate discourse of right-wing politics, placing it in an international context. How, for example, do other nations love themselves, and how is that love connected to their attitudes toward America? Is love of country monogamous or can one love many countries? When can a country's self-love be a symptom of self-hatred?
Drawing upon...
The question Why do they hate us? is one of the most oft-cited puzzles of contemporary American affairs, yet it's not clear to whom they or ...
This volume of specially commissioned work by experts in the field of film studies provides a comprehensive overview of the field. Its international and interdisciplinary approach will have a broad appeal to those interested in this multifaceted subject.
Provides a major collection of specially commissioned work by experts in the field of film studies.
Represents material under a variety of headings, including class, race, gender, queer theory, nation, stars, ethnography, authorship, and spectatorship.
Offers an international...
This volume of specially commissioned work by experts in the field of film studies provides a comprehensive overview of the field. Its international a...
Literature and Film is a cornucopia of vibrant essays that chart the history and confluence of literature and film. It explores in detail a wide and international spectrum of novels and adaptations, bringing together the very latest scholarship in the field.
Literature and Film is a cornucopia of vibrant essays that chart the history and confluence of literature and film. It explores in detail a wid...
Literature and Film is a cornucopia of vibrant essays that chart the history and confluence of literature and film. It explores in detail a wide and international spectrum of novels and adaptations, bringing together the very latest scholarship in the field.
Literature and Film is a cornucopia of vibrant essays that chart the history and confluence of literature and film. It explores in detail a wid...
One of Francois Truffaut's most poignantly memorable films, Jules and Jim, adapted a novel by the French writer and art collector Henri-Pierre Roch. The characters and events of the 1960s film were based on a real-life romantic triangle, begun in the summer of 1920, which involved Roch himself, the German-Jewish writer Franz Hessel, and his wife, the journalist Helen Grund. Drawing on this film and others by Truffaut, Robert Stam provides the first in-depth examination of the multifaceted relationship between Truffaut and Roch. In the process, he provides a unique lens through which to...
One of Francois Truffaut's most poignantly memorable films, Jules and Jim, adapted a novel by the French writer and art collector Henri-Pierre Roch. T...
This lively and accessible textbook, written by an expert in film studies, provides a fascinating introduction to the process and art of literature-to-film adaptations.
Provides a lively, rigorous, and clearly written account of key moments in the history of the novel from Don Quixote and Robinson Crusoe up to Lolita and One Hundred Years of Solitude
Includes diversity of topics and titles, such as Fielding, Nabokov, and Cervantes in adaptations by Welles, Kubrick, and the French New Wave
Emphasizes both the literary...
This lively and accessible textbook, written by an expert in film studies, provides a fascinating introduction to the process and art of literature-to...
A Companion to Literature in Film provides state-of-the-art research on world literature, film, and the complex theoretical relationship between them. 25 essays by international experts cover the most important topics in the study of literature and film adaptations.
Covers a wide variety of topics, including cultural, thematic, theoretical, and genre issues
Discusses film adaptations from the birth of cinema to the present day
Explores a diverse range of titles and genres, including film noir, biblical epics, and Italian and...
A Companion to Literature in Film provides state-of-the-art research on world literature, film, and the complex theoretical relationship betwee...
This lively and accessible textbook, written by an expert in film studies, provides a fascinating introduction to the process and art of literature-to-film adaptations.
Provides a lively, rigorous, and clearly written account of key moments in the history of the novel from Don Quixote and Robinson Crusoe up to Lolita and One Hundred Years of Solitude
Includes diversity of topics and titles, such as Fielding, Nabokov, and Cervantes in adaptations by Welles, Kubrick, and the French New Wave
Emphasizes both the literary...
This lively and accessible textbook, written by an expert in film studies, provides a fascinating introduction to the process and art of literature-to...
From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber Rocha, this third, revised edition is a century-spanning introduction to the story of a medium that flourished in one of the most developed of 'underdeveloped' nations.
From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber R...
