Framing Empire : : Postcolonial Adaptations of Victorian Literature in Hollywood / / Jerod Ra’Del Hollyfield.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Hollyfield, Jerod Ra’Del,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.) :; 20 B/W illustrations

Examines how postcolonial filmmakers negotiate national identities in Hollywood-supported Victorian literature adaptationsBridges the fields of postcolonial theory, film studies, film adaptation and Victorian literatureExamines the socio-political context of diverse postcolonial nations, including India, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, Egypt and SudanContains case studies of eight postcolonial film adaptationsDiscusses the relationship between postcolonial theory and globalization, especially through its attention to the Hollywood film industry’s global reach Places the United States within a postcolonial context, tracing its evolution from settler colony to global superpower through historical analysis of the Hollywood film industryThis book examines postcolonial filmmakers adapting Victorian literature in Hollywood to contend with both the legacy of British imperialism and the influence of globalized media entities. Since decolonization, postcolonial writers and filmmakers have re-appropriated and adapted texts of the Victorian era as a way to ‘write back’ to the imperial centre. At the same time, the rise of international co-productions and multinational media corporations have called into question the effectiveness of postcolonial rewritings of canonical texts as a resistance strategy. With case studies of films like Gunga Din, Dracula 2000, The Portrait of a Lady, Vanity Fair and Slumdog Millionaire, this book argues that many postcolonial filmmakers have extended resistance beyond revisionary adaptation, opting to interrogate Hollywood’s genre conventions and production methods to address how globalization has affected and continues to influence their homelands.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Accented Slants, Hollywood Genres – an Interfidelity Approach to Adaptation Theory -- 1 An American Kipling: Colonial Discourse, Settler Culture and the Hollywood Studio System in George Stevens’ Gunga Din -- 2 ‘He Is Not Here by Accident’: Transit, Sin and the Model Settler in Patrick Lussier’s Dracula 2000 -- 3 Those Other Victorians: Cosmopolitanism and Empire in Jane Campion’s The Portrait of a Lady -- 4 Imperial Vanities: Mira Nair, William Makepeace Thackeray and Diasporic Fidelity to Vanity Fair -- 5 Epic Multitudes: Postcolonial Genre Politics in Shekhar Kapur’s The Four Feathers -- 6 Gentlemanly Gazes: Charles Dickens, Alfonso Cuarón and the Transnational Gulf in Great Expectations -- 7 Indie Dickens: Oliver Twist as Global Orphan in Tim Greene’s Boy Called Twist -- 8 Three-Worlds Theory Chutney: Oliver Twist, Q&A and the Curious Case of Slumdog Millionaire -- Conclusion: Streaming Interfidelities and Post-Recession Adaptation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index