Imitations of Life: A Reader on Film & Television Melodrama UK Edition Contributor(s): Landy, Marcia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814320651 ISBN-13: 9780814320655 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $32.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1991 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Television - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Television - Guides & Reviews |
Dewey: 791.436 |
LCCN: 90-34379 |
Series: Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media |
Physical Information: 1.54" H x 6" W x 9" (1.62 lbs) 624 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Marcia Landy has gathered thirty-seven 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. |