Melodrama in Contemporary Film and Television

Book Overview

Melodrama in Contemporary Film and Television debates the ways in which melodrama expresses and gives meaning to: trauma and pathos; memory and historical re-visioning; home and borders; gendered and queer relations; the family and psychic identities; the national and emerging public cultures; and morality and ethics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349457507
• ISBN13: 9781349457502
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"