{"product_id":"representing-the-eighteenth-century-in-karen-bloom-gevirtz-9783319562667","title":"Representing the Eighteenth Century in Film and Television, 2000-2015","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book analyzes early twenty-first century film and television's fascination with representing the Anglo-American eighteenth century. Grounded in cultural studies, film studies, and adaptation theory, the book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexamines how these works represented the eighteenth century to assuage anxieties about values, systems, and institutions at the start of a new millennium. The first two chapters reveal how films like \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) or the remake of \u003ci\u003ePoldark \u003c\/i\u003e(2015) use history to establish the direct relationship between the eighteenth century and the twenty-first. The final chapters examine pairs of productions for how they address and legitimate different aspects of contemporary ideology such as attitudes toward race and gender, or the connection between technological and social progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen Bloom Gevirtz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3319562665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783319562667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.56d","brand":"Karen Bloom Gevirtz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48089093931263,"sku":"9783319562667","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8ae26cf4-a26f-46d0-8682-ac8be61c773e.jpg?v=1769108155","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/representing-the-eighteenth-century-in-karen-bloom-gevirtz-9783319562667","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}