IMITATIONS OF LIFE

ISBN: 9780814320655 Géneros: APFA Sinópsis: Marcia Landy has gathered thirtyseven important essays on film and melodrama that have appeared in books and journals over the last two decades In her introduction to the book Landy explores the recent interest in the genre in relation to theoretical work in psychoanalysis and semiotics setting the stage for the essays that follow The book39s seven sections examine the history of melodrama its emphasis on emotional excess its manicheanism and its dependence on nonverbal strategies to communicate Essays focus on the family melodramas of the 1950s the role of Hollywood directors and stars in the development of the genre and melodrama in the silent films and on television The book concludes with an exploration of the use of melodrama in European and Latin American cinema both silent and sound  Imitations of Life thus provides a variety of perspectiveschronological theoretical and internationalon the genre while investigating its cultural social and political significance