Refiguring Melodrama in Film and Television: Captive Affects, Elastic Sufferings, Vicarious Objects
Author:   Agustín Zarzosa
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:  

9780739172537


Pages:   184
Publication Date:   16 November 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Refiguring Melodrama in Film and Television: Captive Affects, Elastic Sufferings, Vicarious Objects


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Author:   Agustín Zarzosa
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780739172537


ISBN 10:   0739172530
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   16 November 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction. The Outwitted Critic Chapter 1. Modalities of Melodrama Chapter 2. Affect, Affection, Affectation Chapter 3. Diagnosing Suffering Chapter 4. Trafficking in Sacred Objects Chapter 5. Sacrifice and the Animal Melodrama Chapter 6. The Excesses of the Posthuman Melodrama Chapter 7. The Outside and the Coincidence Machine Conclusion. Tragedy and Melodrama

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With this provocative book, Agustin Zarzosa provides an important intervention for thinking about how film images have political affects. Eschewing the often tired repertoire of genre categorization, Zarzosa develops a refreshingly different theory of the melodramatic image; one that could also be extended to other image analysis. Clear examples and rich arguments connect core notions of melodrama with key theorists of the melodramatic mode, to give original readings of films and television series. A must-read book for all interested in developments in film and television theory, and philosophy of film. -- Felicity Colman, Manchester Metropolitan University


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Agustíin Zarzosa is assistant professor of cinema studies at Purchase College.

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