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American Melodrama
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Author : Daniel Charles Gerould
language : en
Publisher: New York : Performing Arts Journal Publications
Release Date : 1983
American Melodrama written by Daniel Charles Gerould and has been published by New York : Performing Arts Journal Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Drama categories.
Gerould goes a long way toward 'revisioning' the genre.--Nineteenth-Century Theatre Research
Passionate Politics
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Author : Ralph J. Poole
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2009-03-26
Passionate Politics written by Ralph J. Poole and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-26 with History categories.
This new collection of essays on American stage and film melodrama assesses the multifarious and contradictory uses to which melodrama has been put in American culture from the late 18th century to the present. It focuses on the various ways in which the genre has periodically intervened in debates over race, class, gender and sexuality and, in this manner, has also persistently contributed to the formation and transformation of American nationhood: from the debates over who constitutes the newborn nation in the Early Republic, to the subsequent conflict over abolition and the discussion of gender roles at the turn of the 19th century, to the fervent class struggles of the 1930s and the critiques of domestic containment in the 1950s, as well as to ongoing debates of gender, race, and sexuality today. Addressing these issues from a variety of different angles, including historical, aesthetic, cultural, phenomenological, and psychological approaches, these essays present a complex picture of the cultural work and passionate politics accomplished by melodrama over the course of the past two centuries, particularly at times of profound social change.
Latin American Melodrama
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Author : Darlene J. Sadlier
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2010-10-01
Latin American Melodrama written by Darlene J. Sadlier and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-01 with Performing Arts categories.
Like their Hollywood counterparts, Latin American film and TV melodramas have always been popular and highly profitable. The first of its kind, this anthology engages in a serious study of the aesthetics and cultural implications of Latin American melodramas. Written by some of the major figures in Latin American film scholarship, the studies range across seventy years of movies and television within a transnational context, focusing specifically on the period known as the "Golden Age" of melodrama, the impact of classic melodrama on later forms, and more contemporary forms of melodrama. An introductory essay examines current critical and theoretical debates on melodrama and places the essays within the context of Latin American film and media scholarship. Contributors are Luisela Alvaray, Mariana Baltar, Catherine L. Benamou, Marvin D’Lugo, Paula Félix-Didier, Andrés Levinson, Gilberto Perez, Darlene J. Sadlier, Cid Vasconcelos, and Ismail Xavier.
Performing American Identity In Anti Mormon Melodrama
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Author : Megan Sanborn Jones
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-06-10
Performing American Identity In Anti Mormon Melodrama written by Megan Sanborn Jones and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-10 with History categories.
In the late nineteenth century, melodramas were spectacular entertainment for Americans. They were also a key forum in which elements of American culture were represented, contested, and inverted. This book focuses specifically on the construction of the Mormon villain as rapist, murderer, and Turk in anti-Mormon melodramas. These melodramas illustrated a particularly religious world-view that dominated American life and promoted the sexually conservative ideals of the cult of true womanhood. They also examined the limits of honorable violence, and suggested the whiteness of national ethnicity. In investigating the relationship between theatre, popular literature, political rhetoric, and religious fervor, Megan Sanborn Jones reveals how anti-Mormon melodramas created a space for audiences to imagine a unified American identity.
Melodrama As A Voice Of Society
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Author : Stephen Ströhle
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2006-04-12
Melodrama As A Voice Of Society written by Stephen Ströhle and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-12 with Literary Collections categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2, University of Stuttgart, language: English, abstract: Melodrama was already successfully performed in France, Germany and especially in England. When the Melodrama came to the United States it first had to be Americanized. So the American authors had to invent a new kind of Melodrama which had an American spirit. What they did first was to copy successful European plays and rewrite them for American conditions. By the late 19thcentury real American melodramas were written including a lot of action, violence and often the use of huge machinery. “Melodrama became a direct expression of American society and national character”1 as well as technological progress and its dangers. What I am going to do now is to deal with the intentions of the Americanized Melodrama. I think a brief definition of what a melodrama is should be enough because so many others have already taken its definition into pieces. Of more importance is the way the American society is shaped at that time and the way the Melodrama influences and criticises society. I will try to explain the function of a melodrama and how it is used as a voice of society. The example ofUnder the Gaslightby Augustin Daly will help us to understand the functions of the melodrama and how they are implemented.
American Melodrama
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Author : Daniel Charles Gerould
language : en
Publisher: New York : Performing Arts Journal Publications
Release Date : 1983
American Melodrama written by Daniel Charles Gerould and has been published by New York : Performing Arts Journal Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with American drama categories.
Gerould goes a long way toward 'revisioning' the genre.--Nineteenth-Century Theatre Research
Melodrama
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Author : John Mercer
language : en
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Release Date : 2004
Melodrama written by John Mercer and has been published by Wallflower Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Drama categories.
Melodrama: Genre, Style and Sensibility is designed as an accessible overview of the, often complex, debates that emerge out of the connections between melodrama and cinema. The book identifies three distinct but connected concepts through which it is possible to make sense of melodrama; either as a genre, originating in European theatre of the 18th and 19th century, as a specific cinematic style, epitomised by the work of Douglas Sirk or as a sensibility that emerges in the context of specific texts, speaking to and reflecting the desires, concerns and anxieties of audiences. Each chapter includes overviews of key essays, analyses of significant and widely studied films and includes an annotated reading list
Melodrama Unveiled
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Author : David Grimsted
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1987
Melodrama Unveiled written by David Grimsted and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
David Grimsted's Melodrama Unveiled explores early American drama to try to understand why such severely limited plays were so popular for so long. Concerned with both the plays and the dramatic settings that gave them life, Grimsted offers us rich descriptions of the interaction of performers, audiences, critics, managers, and stage mechanics. Because these plays had to appeal immediately and directly to diverse audiences, they provide dramatic clues to the least common denominator of social values and concerns. In considering both the context and content of popular culture, Grimsted's book suggests how theater reflected the rapidly changing society of antebellum America.
Lexicon Of Global Melodrama
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Author : Heike Paul
language : en
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Release Date : 2022-05-31
Lexicon Of Global Melodrama written by Heike Paul and has been published by transcript Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-31 with Social Science categories.
This new go-to reference book for global melodrama assembles contributions by experts from a wide range of disciplines, including cultural studies, film and media studies, gender and queer studies, political science, and postcolonial studies. The melodramas covered in this volume range from early 20th century silent movies to contemporary films, from independent ›arthouse‹ productions to Hollywood blockbusters. The comprehensive overview of global melodramatic film in the Lexicon constitutes a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners of film, teachers, film critics, and anyone who is interested in the past and present of melodramatic film on a global scale. The Lexicon of Global Melodrama includes essays on All That Heaven Allows, Bombay, Casablanca, Die Büchse der Pandora, In the Mood for Love, Nosotros los Pobres, Terra Sonâmbula, and Tokyo Story.
Performing American Identity In Anti Mormon Melodrama
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Author : Megan Sanborn Jones
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-06-01
Performing American Identity In Anti Mormon Melodrama written by Megan Sanborn Jones and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-01 with History categories.
In the late nineteenth century, melodramas were spectacular entertainment for Americans. They were also a key forum in which elements of American culture were represented, contested, and inverted. This book focuses specifically on the construction of the Mormon villain as rapist, murderer, and Turk in anti-Mormon melodramas. These melodramas illustrated a particularly religious world-view that dominated American life and promoted the sexually conservative ideals of the cult of true womanhood. They also examined the limits of honorable violence, and suggested the whiteness of national ethnicity. In investigating the relationship between theatre, popular literature, political rhetoric, and religious fervor, Megan Sanborn Jones reveals how anti-Mormon melodramas created a space for audiences to imagine a unified American identity.