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Framing empire : postcolonial adaptations of Victorian literature in Hollywood / Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield

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Hollyfield, Jerod Ra'Del
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Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
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1 online resource (viii, 214 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
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Contents
1. An American Kipling: Colonial Discourse, Settler Culture and the Hollywood Studio System in George Stevens' Gunga Din -- 2. `He Is Not Here by Accident': Transit, Sin and the Model Settler in Patrick Lussier's Dracula 2000 -- 3. Those Other Victorians: Cosmopolitanism and Empire in Jane Campion's The Portrait of a Lady -- 4. Imperial Vanities: Mira Nair, William Makepeace Thackeray and Diasporic Fidelity to Vanity Fair -- 5. Epic Multitudes: Postcolonial Genre Politics in Shekhar Kapur's The Four Feathers -- 6. Gentlemanly Gazes: Charles Dickens, Alfonso Cuaron and the Transnational Gulf in Great Expectations -- 7. Indie Dickens: Oliver Twist as Global Orphan in Tim Greene's Boy Called Twist -- 8. Three-Worlds Theory Chutney: Oliver Twist, Q & A and the Curious Case of Slumdog Millionaire.
Summary
This book examines postcolonial filmmakers adapting Victorian literature in Hollywood to contend with both the legacy of British imperialism and the influence of globalized media entities.
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9781474429962 (electronic bk.)
1474429963 (electronic bk.)
9781474429979
1474429971
9781474453561 (electronic bk.)
1474453562 (electronic bk.)
1474429947
9781474429948
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202) and index.
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