Race, Nation and Cultural Power in Film Adaptation / / Gillian Roberts.

Examines race and nation in postcolonial, settler-colonial, and Indigenous film adaptationAdvances adaptation studies by offering a nuanced critique of the injunction against fidelity criticism16 case studies of film adaptations across 7 chapters, detailing different modes of postcolonial, settler-c...

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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (271 p.) :; 16 B/W illustrations 16 B&W images
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Remapping Adaptation: Race, Nation and Fidelity
  • 1. The Empire Gazes Back? The Portrait of a Lady and Vanity Fair
  • 2. Salvaging Slavery Subtexts in Mansfield Park and Wuthering Heights
  • 3. Relocating Racism in Bride and Prejudice and Jindabyne
  • 4. Visibility and Veracity: Magic Realism in Midnight’s Children and Life of Pi
  • 5. Cultural Appropriation: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Black Robe and Dance Me Outside
  • 6. Told-to Adaptations: Rabbit-Proof Fence, Whale Rider and The Lesser Blessed
  • 7. Indigenous Representational Sovereignty: Once Were Warriors and Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index