Taking as its starting point the "problem" of how the family has been mediated in popular film, television, literature and social policy over the last 50 years, Mediating the FamilyGender, Culture and Representation explores the ways in which struggles over sexuality, identity, gender and power have informed the conceptualization and representation of the family as an institution and as a site of discursive complexity. This study unpacks the family, looking in detail at the different generational and identificatory components: motherhood, fatherhood, adolescence and...
Taking as its starting point the "problem" of how the family has been mediated in popular film, television, literature and social policy over the l...
The scope of this collection is indicative of the breadth and diversity of music's role in cinema, as is its emphasis on musical contributions to 'non-musical' films. By bringing together chapters that are concerned both with the relationship between performance, music and film and the specificity of national, historical, social, and cultural contexts, Film's Musical Moments will be of equal importance to students of film studies, cultural studies and music. The book is organised into four sections: Music, Film, Culture focuses on cinema representations of music forms; Stars, Performance and...
The scope of this collection is indicative of the breadth and diversity of music's role in cinema, as is its emphasis on musical contributions to 'non...
Best known for The Piano, Jane Campion is an author/director whose films explore the relationship between literature and cinema. This book examines Campion's films as adaptations, mixing cultural and textual analysis, and exploring context, pastiche and genre. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Campion or adaptation studies.
Best known for The Piano, Jane Campion is an author/director whose films explore the relationship between literature and cinema. This book examines...
Best known for The Piano, Jane Campion is an author/director whose films explore the relationship between literature and cinema. This book examines Campion's films as adaptations, mixing cultural and textual analysis, and exploring context, pastiche and genre. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Campion or adaptation studies.
Best known for The Piano, Jane Campion is an author/director whose films explore the relationship between literature and cinema. This book examines...
