Refiguring melodrama in film and television captive affects, elastic sufferings, vicarious objects /

Zarzosa, Agustin, 1970-

Refiguring melodrama in film and television captive affects, elastic sufferings, vicarious objects / [electronic resource] : Agustin Zarzosa. - Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013. - x, 173 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the outwitted critic -- Modalities of melodrama -- Affect, affection, affectation -- Diagnosing suffering -- Trafficking in sacred objects -- Sacrifice and the animal melodrama -- The excesses of the posthuman melodrama -- The outside and the coincidence machine -- Conclusion: tragedy and melodrama.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780739172544 (electronic bk.)




Melodrama in motion pictures.
Melodrama on television.


Electronic books.

PN1995.9.M45 / Z39 2013

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