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The politics of Twin Peaks

Title
The politics of Twin Peaks / edited by Amanda DiPaolo and Jamie Gillies.
Publication
  • Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
  • ©2019

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Additional Authors
  • DiPaolo, Amanda, 1979-
  • Gillies, Jamie
Description
xi, 199 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
The strange and wonderful place of Twin Peaks captivated audiences for more than two decades before its long-awaited return to television in 2017. David Lynch and Mark Frost created a land that embodies the politics of American culture. With its focus on small-town America and life outside urban centers, rural and suburban values play a big part in the overall Twin Peaks narrative. More than just a soapy murder investigation or a mysterious puzzle to be solved, Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: The Return are metaphors for the political years in which they are set. The Politics of Twin Peaks investigates the show's engagement with American politics and identity. With a close relationship between the two, Twin Peaks is the rare cultural landmark in both film and television whose timelessness is defined by the fact that it can constantly be reinterpreted. Within that sometimes dreamlike Lynchian narrative, Twin Peaks hints at, sometimes explicitly and sometimes subtly, the political fault lines in the United States. In this edited collection, the politics inherent in Twin Peaks is approached from numerous points of view.
Series Statement
Politics, literature, and film
Uniform Title
Politics, literature, & film.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I. Innocence, Nostalgia, and the Political -- The Nuclear Anxiety of Twin Peaks: The Return / Ashlee Joyce -- Is it Future or is it Past? The Politics and Use of Nostalgia in Twin Peaks / Amanda DiPaolo -- Part II. America and the Political -- Rural and Suburban Lynch: Characterizations of Hard Times in Reagan's and Trump's America / Jamie Gillies -- "Dirty Bearded Men in a Room!": Twin Peaks: The Return and the Politics of Lynchian Comedy / Martin Fradley and John A. Riley -- Part III. Identity, Representation, and the Political -- Violence, Representation, and Girl Power: Twin Peaks' Female Characters and Third Wave Feminism / Stacy Rusnak -- The Owls Are Not What They Seem: Retaking Queer Meaning in Twin Peaks / Benjamin Kruger-Robbins -- Part IV. The Political as it Relates to Philosophical, Theoretical, and Spiritual Ways of Knowing -- Zen, or the Art of Being Agent Cooper / Darci Doll -- The Transmigration of Cooper: Echoes of Plato's Recollection in Twin Peaks / Jean-Phillippe Ranger -- Life in the Black Lodge: the Twin Challenge of Watching Twin Peaks / Shai Biderman, Ronen Gil, and Ido Legit.
Call Number
MWGT 19-2746
ISBN
  • 1498578373
  • 9781498578370
  • 9781498578387 (canceled/invalid)
OCLC
1064993579
Title
The politics of Twin Peaks / edited by Amanda DiPaolo and Jamie Gillies.
Publisher
Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Politics, literature, and film
Politics, literature, & film.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
DiPaolo, Amanda, 1979- editor.
Gillies, Jamie, editor.
Other Form:
Ebook version : 9781498578387
Research Call Number
MWGT 19-2746
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