Refiguring melodrama in film and television [electronic resource] : captive affects, elastic sufferings, vicarious objects / Agustin Zarzosa.

By: Zarzosa, Agustin, 1970-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013Description: x, 173 pISBN: 9780739172544 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Melodrama in motion pictures | Melodrama on televisionGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 792.2/7 LOC classification: PN1995.9.M45 | Z39 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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