Neo-Victorianism on Screen Postfeminism and Contemporary Adaptations of Victorian Women /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Primorac, Antonija (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture
• Θέματα: Motion pictures.; Literature, Modern-19th century.; Great Britain-History.; Ethnology-Europe.; Adaptation Studies.; Nineteenth-Century Literature.; History of Britain and Ireland.; British Culture.

This book broadens the scope of inquiry of neo-Victorian studies by focusing primarily on screen adaptations and appropriations of Victorian literature and culture. More specifically, this monograph spotlights the overlapping yet often conflicting drives at work in representations of Victorian heroi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction: Neo-Victorianism on Screen and Postfeminist Media Culture
• 2. Postfeminism and Screen Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes Stories: The Case of Irene Adler
• 3. Re-presenting the Past: Gender, Colonial Space, and Cultural Nostalgia in Neo-Victorianism on Screen
• 4. Caged Birds: Corsets, Cages and Embowered Women in Contemporary Victoriana on Screen
• 5. Re-Fashioning Victorian Heroines and Family Relations: Tailoring and Shape-Shifting as Queer Adaptation and Appropriation
• 6. Conclusion: No Country for Old Women
• 7. Index.