Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Introduction 7
4. I. Intra-medial Intracultural Remaking
5. The Remade Prequel – Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) 23
6. Exit Gender, Enter Race 41
7. (Re)Making Men in the 1950s and 2000s 57
8. II. Intra-medial Transcultural Remaking
9. Hollywood Remade 81
10. Hellish Departure? The Departed, Infernal Affairs and Globalized Film Cultures 97
11. III. Inter-medial Remaking
12. The Remake as Re-adaptation of an English Classic 115
13. Romeo and Juliet Re-danced 131
14. “Yes, Avatar is Dances with Wolves in space . . . sorta” 153
15. On the Ethics and Aesthetics of ‘Remaking’ in Web 2.0 Environments 171
16. List of Contributors 181