Jane Austen and Co.

Remaking the Past in Contemporary Culture

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

Examines recent Austen remakes as well as other "post-heritage" films and television shows to show how the past is reshaped for a contemporary market.Jane Austen and Co. explores the ways in which classical novels-particularly, but not exclusively, those of Jane Austen-have been transformed into artifacts of contemporary popular culture. Examining recent films, television shows, Internet sites, and even historical tours, the book turns from the question of Austen's contemporary appeal to a broader consideration of other late-twentieth-century remakes, including Dangerous Liaisons, Dracula, Lolita, and even Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Taken together, the essays in Jane Austen and Co. offer a wide-ranging model for understanding how all of these texts-visual, literary, touristic, British, American, French-reshape the past in the new fashions, styles, media, and desires of the present.Contributors include Virginia L. Blum, Mike Crang, Madeline Dobie, Denise Fulbrook, Deidre Lynch, Sarah Maza, Ruth Perry, Suzanne R. Pucci, Kristina Straub, James Thompson, Maureen Turim, and Martine Voiret.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-01-09
Mått:152 x 228 x 19 mm
Vikt:435 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:283
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791456163

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Suzanne R. Pucci is Associate Professor of French at the University of Kentucky. James Thompson is Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Recensioner i media

"This is an interesting, often witty, and absolutely informative book. What makes the revisiting of Austen a box office commercial phenomenon—witness Clueless and Bridget Jones's Diary—is our postmodern climate, what the editors call 'present cultural concerns.' We already live within a type of reality Austen has constructed, and our remodeling of that reality in the present at once displays varieties of clashes, lacunae, significations, parodies, and dilemmas." — Joseph Natoli, author of Postmodern Journeys: Film and Culture 1996-1998

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: The Jane Austen Phenomenon: Remaking the Past at the MillenniumSuzanne R. Pucci and James Thompson Part I. In the Classroom 1. How to Do Things with AustenJames Thompson 2. Popular Culture and the Comedy of Manners: Clueless and Fashion Clues Maureen Turim 3. Love at the Hellmouth: Buffy the Vampire SlayerKristina Straub Part II. In the Nation 4. Clueless: About HistoryDeidre Lynch 5. "It Can't Go on Like This": Dangerous Liaisons in the Reagan–Thatcher YearsSarah Maza 6. Placing Jane Austen, Displacing England: Touring between Book, History, and NationMike Crang Part III. At Home 7. The Return HomeSuzanne R. Pucci 8. The Return to Repression: Filming the Nineteenth Century Virginia L. Blum 9. A Generational Gig with Jane Austen, Sigmund Freud, and Amy Heckerling: Fantasies of Sexuality, Gender, Fashion, and Disco in and beyond CluelessDenise Fulbrook Part IV. In the Bedroom 10. Sleeping with Mr. CollinsRuth Perry 11. Books to Movies: Gender and Desire in Jane Austen's AdaptationsMartine Voiret 12. Gender and the Heritage Genre: Popular Feminism Turns to HistoryMadeleine Dobie Appendix: Television, Film, and Radio Productions of Austen Contributors Index