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Sex and sexuality in modern screen remakes
- Title
- Sex and sexuality in modern screen remakes / Lauren Rosewarne.
- Author
- Rosewarne, Lauren
- Publication
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
- ©2019
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- Description
- xi, 303 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- Sex and Sexuality in Modern Screen Remakes examines how sexiness, sexuality and revisited sexual politics are used to modernize film and TV remakes. This exploration provides insight into the ever-evolving--and ever-contested--role of sex in society, and scrutinizes the politics and economics underpinning modern media reproduction. More nudity, kinky sex, and queer content are increasingly deployed in remakes to attract, and to titillate, a new generation of viewers. While sex in this book refers to increased erotic content, this discussion also incorporates an investigation of other uses of sex and gender to help a remake appear woke and abreast of the zeitgeist including feminist reimaginings and 'girl power' make-overs, updated gender roles, female cast-swaps, queer retellings, and repositioned gazes. Though increased sex is often considered a sign of modernity, gratuitous displays of female nudity can sometimes be interpreted as sexist and anachronistic, in turn highlighting that progressiveness around sexuality in contemporary media is not a linear story. Also examined therefore, are remakes that reduce the sexual content to appear cutting-edge and cognizant of the demands of today's audiences.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- MFL 19-3890
- ISBN
- 303015890X
- 9783030158903
- OCLC
- 1086009794
- Author
- Rosewarne, Lauren, author.
- Title
- Sex and sexuality in modern screen remakes / Lauren Rosewarne.
- Publisher
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 19-3890