Melodrama as Provocateur - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Linda Williams, Christine Gledhill (Editor), Laura Horak (Editor)Publish date:4/14/2026Pages:342
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478033691ISBN-10:147803369XUPC:9781478033691Book Category:Performing Arts, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Theater, Women's Studies, Media StudiesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.94 inchesWeight:1.3911Product ID:SCR9WDVPYG
As one of the most influential contemporary film scholars, Linda Williams brought her critical feminist lens to some of society's most maligned and underappreciated film genres. Melodrama as Provocateur showcases what was to be Williams's last project in which, insisting on melodrama as a cross-generic, cross-media mode, she investigates the divergence between French and American attitudes to...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478033691ISBN-10:147803369XUPC:9781478033691Book Category:Performing Arts, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Theater, Women's Studies, Media StudiesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.94 inchesWeight:1.3911Product ID:SCR9WDVPYG
Linda Williams (1946-2025) was Professor of Film Studies and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley. She authored and edited several books, including Screening Sex and Playing the Race Card. She received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies. Christine Gledhill is Visiting Professor of Cinema Studies at the University of...
Publisher: Duke University Press
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Linda Williams, Christine Gledhill (Editor), Laura Horak (Editor)
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