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

Title
Refiguring melodrama in film and television : captive affects, elastic sufferings, vicarious objects / Agustín Zarzosa.
Author
Zarzosa, Agustín, 1970-
Publication
Lanham : Lexington Books, c2013.

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Description
x, 173 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Melodrama in motion pictures
  • Melodrama on television
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-164) and index.
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.
Call Number
MFL 13-71
ISBN
  • 9780739172537 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0739172530 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780739172544 (electronic)
  • 0739172549 (electronic)
LCCN
2012035369
OCLC
811337412
Author
Zarzosa, Agustín, 1970-
Title
Refiguring melodrama in film and television : captive affects, elastic sufferings, vicarious objects / Agustín Zarzosa.
Imprint
Lanham : Lexington Books, c2013.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-164) and index.
Research Call Number
MFL 13-71
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