{"product_id":"imitations-of-life-marcia-landy-9780814320655","title":"Imitations of Life: A Reader on Film \u0026 Television Melodrama","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis collection of important essays examines melodrama from a variety of perspectives--chronological, theoretical, international, and feminist.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarcia 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book's seven sections examine the history of melodrama, its emphasis on emotional excess, its manicheanism, and its dependence on non-verbal 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImitations of Life thus provides a variety of perspectives-chronological, theoretical, and international-on the genre while investigating its cultural, social, and political significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcia Landy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814320651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814320655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.54d","brand":"Marcia Landy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120314970367,"sku":"9780814320655","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8a21ce7-96f3-4cb5-b025-abb23c704686.jpg?v=1687413662","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/imitations-of-life-marcia-landy-9780814320655","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}