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Melodrama as Provocateur
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ISBN10: 147803369X
ISBN13: 9781478033691
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: Apr 14 2026
Pages: 342
Weight: 1.39
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781478033691
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: Apr 14 2026
Pages: 342
Weight: 1.39
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
As one of the most influential contemporary film scholars, Linda Williams brought her critical feminist lens to some of society's most maligned and underappreciated film genres. Melodrama as Provocateur showcases what was to be Williams's last project in which, insisting on melodrama as a cross-generic, cross-media mode, she investigates the divergence between French and American attitudes to film melodrama. A diverse group of scholars respond to her provocations, rethinking melodrama's transnational, transmedia histories and potential futures. Their contributions examine how melodrama became, as Williams argues, the default mode of contemporary media, and demonstrate how it plays an increasingly powerful role in public discourse and political rhetoric today.
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