Sex and Sexuality in Modern Screen Remakes

• Main Author: Rosewarne, Lauren (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Motion pictures.; Popular Culture.; Film genres.; Culture.; Gender.; Film/TV Industry.; Popular Culture .; Genre.; Culture and Gender.; Adaptation Studies.

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 underpin...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Gentrified Juggernaut: Exploring Bigger and Better Remakes
• 3. The All-lady, Feminist Extravaganza: Gender and Sex-Swap Remakes
• 4. Sexing the Remake: The Sexy, Less-Sexy, Queer and Not-So Redos
• 5. Going Black, Going Brown: Reimagining Race in the Contemporary Remake
• 6. Conclusion.