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Framing Empire: Postcolonial Adaptations of Victorian Literature in Hollywood

Framing Empire: Postcolonial Adaptations of Victorian Literature in Hollywood

Hollyfield

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ISBN10: 1474429955
ISBN13: 9781474429955
Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr
Published: Aug 25 2020
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This book examines postcolonial filmmakers adapting Victorian literature in Hollywood to contend with both the legacy of British imperialism and the influence of globalized media entities. Since decolonization, postcolonial writers and filmmakers have re-appropriated and adapted texts of the Victorian era as a way to 'write back' to the imperial centre. At the same time, the rise of international co-productions and multinational media corporations have called into question the effectiveness of postcolonial rewritings of canonical texts as a resistance strategy. With case studies of films like Gunga Din, Dracula 2000, The Portrait of a Lady, Vanity Fair and Slumdog Millionaire, this book argues that many postcolonial filmmakers have extended resistance beyond revisionary adaptation, opting to interrogate Hollywood's genre conventions and production methods to address how globalization has affected and continues to influence their homelands.

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