{"product_id":"gossip-letters-phones-ned-schantz-9780199896295","title":"Gossip, Letters, Phones: The Scandal of Female Networks in Film and Literature","description":"Although female communication networks abound in many contexts and have received a good measure of critical scrutiny, no study has addressed their unique significance within narrative culture writ large. Filling this conspicuous gap, Ned Schantz presents a lively exploration of the phenomenon, resituating novelistic culture as central even as he ranges across media and the myriad technologies that attend them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharting the emergence of female networks via the most prominent modes of communication--gossip, letters, and phones--Schantz brings his study to life with unconventional interpretations of classic British novels and popular Hollywood films spanning multiple genres and time periods. With incisive readings of \u003cem\u003eClarissa\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEmma\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eEvelina\u003c\/em\u003e, Schantz shows how gossip both draws sympathy and is repressed by dominant male culture in a recurrent pattern of avowal and disavowal. The epistolary novel added a rhythm to communication that was generative of fantasy, which in turn informed \"telephonic film,\" a development depicted in analyses of movies such as \u003cem\u003eSorry, Wrong Number\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eVertigo\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eTerminator\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eYou've Got Mail\u003c\/em\u003e. Schantz highlights the way the telephone works as a structuring device, not merely a prop, one that shapes the plot and suggests provocative formal implications. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile this study traverses an uncanny realm of lost messages and false suitors, telepathy and artificial intelligence, locked rooms and time-traveling stalkers, these occult concerns only confirm the importance of female communication at its most basic level. Illuminating and accessible--\u003cem\u003eGossip, Letters, Phones\u003c\/em\u003e reveals female networks as one of narrative's most supple and persistent elements in literature and cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ned Schantz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199896291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199896295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.42d","brand":"Ned Schantz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46172928671999,"sku":"9780199896295","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4d69a2e-6418-4395-a268-55e8662acffd.jpg?v=1727179504","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gossip-letters-phones-ned-schantz-9780199896295","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}