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Melodrama in Contemporary Film and Television

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  1. Michael Stewart

    1. Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: Film and TV Melodrama: An Overview

    1. Introduction: Film and TV Melodrama: An Overview

      • Michael Stewart
      Pages 1-21

  3. Television Melodrama

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Time, Space and Seriality in Contemporary Melodramatic Television

      1. Melodrama and the Classic Television Serial
        • Richard Butt
        Pages 27-41
      2. Nature, Culture, Space: The Melodramatic Topographies of <i>Lark Rise to Candleford</i>
        • Douglas McNaughton
        Pages 42-60
      3. ‘We Are Like That Only’: Prime Time Family Melodramas on Indian Television
        • Shoma Munshi
        Pages 61-78

  4. Film Melodrama

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    3. Rethinking Melodrama and Realism in Contemporary Film

      1. Anticipating Home: <i>The Edge of Heaven</i> as Melodrama
        • Michael Stewart
        Pages 205-222
      2. Framing a Hybrid Tradition: Realism and Melodrama in <i>About Elly</i>
        • Taraneh Dadar
        Pages 223-238

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 239-246
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About this book

Melodrama in Contemporary Film and Television debates the ways in which melodrama expresses and gives meaning to: trauma and pathos; memory and historical re-visioning; home and borders; gendered and queer relations; the family and psychic identities; the national and emerging public cultures; and morality and ethics.

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“Stewart’s collection highlights the significance of melodrama in film and TV and its ability to move its audiences not only emotionally but also politically. This book constitutes a thoughtful and eclectic contribution to the field.” (Kristyn Gorton, Critical Studies in Television The International Journal of Television Studies, Vol. 12 (1), 2017)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK

    Michael Stewart

About the editor

Sarah Artt, Edinburgh Napier University, UK Richard Butt, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK Kenneth Chan, University of Northern Colorado, USA Taraneh Dadar, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK Darren Elliott-Smith, University of Hertfordshire, UK Anne Gailly, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Robert Lang, University of Hartford, USA Douglas McNaughton, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK Shoma Munshi, American University of Kuwait Alexia Smit, University of Cape Town, South Africa Michael Stewart, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK Marty Zeller-Jacques, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK

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