{"product_id":"the-apartment-complex-pamela-robertson-wojcik-9781478001089","title":"The Apartment Complex: Urban Living and Global Screen Cultures","description":"From the bachelor pad that Jack Lemmon's C. C. Baxter loans out to his superiors in Billy Wilder's \u003ci\u003eThe Apartment\u003c\/i\u003e (1960) to the crumbling tenement in a dystopian Taipei in Tsai Ming-liang's \u003ci\u003eThe Hole\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), the apartment in films and television series is often more than just a setting: it can motivate or shape the narrative in key ways. Such works belong to a critical genre identified by Pamela Robertson Wojcik as the apartment plot, which comprises specific thematic, visual, and narrative conventions that explore modern urbanism's various forms and possibilities. In \u003ci\u003eThe Apartment Complex\u003c\/i\u003e a diverse group of international scholars discuss the apartment plot in a global context, examining films made both within and beyond the Hollywood studios. The contributors consider the apartment plot's intersections with film noir, horror, comedy, and the musical, addressing how different national or historical contexts modify the apartment plot and how the genre's framework allows us to rethink the work of auteurs and identify productive connections and tensions between otherwise disparate texts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors. Steven Cohan, Michael DeAngelis, Veronica Fitzpatrick, Annamarie Jagose, Paula J. Massood, Joe McElhaney, Merrill Schleier, Lee Wallace, Pamela Robertson Wojcik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pamela Robertson Wojcik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478001089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478001089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2019","brand":"Pamela Robertson Wojcik","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43935584321791,"sku":"9781478001089","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_70852974-3fd3-401a-a59c-4ff3fab679cd.jpg?v=1681420654","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-apartment-complex-pamela-robertson-wojcik-9781478001089","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}