Lexicon of Global Melodrama

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Lexicon of Global Melodrama

Edited by: Heike Paul , Sarah Marak , Katharina Gerund and Marius Henderson

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2022

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Volume 1 | Global Sentimentality

About this book

Informative essays on more than 70 films (including numerous images) offering a broad overview on melodramas worldwide.

Author / Editor information

Paul Heike :

Heike Paul (Prof. Dr.), geb. 1968, ist Lehrstuhlinhaberin für Amerikanistik an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Forschungsaufenthalte und Gastprofessuren führten sie nach Cambridge (MA), Los Angeles (CA) und Hanover (NH). Sie ist u.a. Sprecherin des DFG-Graduiertenkollegs »Das Sentimentale in Literatur, Kultur und Politik« und erhielt 2018 den Leibniz-Preis.

Gerund Katharina :

Katharina Gerund (Dr. phil.) ist Amerikanistin an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind transatlantischer Kulturaustausch und kulturelle Mobilität, US-amerikanische Populärkultur sowie afroamerikanische Geschichte, Literatur und Kultur.

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»Ein beeindruckendes Lexikon.«

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Cultural Studies Media Studies Media Theory

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Content Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	13
A Drunkard’s Reformation (1909) Tom Gunning Open Access Download PDF	19
Tom Gunning Markus Heide Open Access Download PDF	23
Blind Husbands (1919) Kay Kirchmann Open Access Download PDF	27
Applause (1929) Stefanie Diekmann Open Access Download PDF	31
Pandora’s Box (Die Büchse der Pandora, 1929) Sophie Johanna Schweiger Open Access Download PDF	35
The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel, 1930) Lars Nowak Open Access Download PDF	39
Ganga Bruta (1933) Ana M. López Open Access Download PDF	43
Masquerade in Vienna (Maskerade, 1934) Robert Dassanowsky Open Access Download PDF	47
Modern Times (1936) Jan-Niklas Jäger Open Access Download PDF	51
Bewitching Kisses (Besos brujos, 1937) Laura Podalsky Open Access Download PDF	55
Heimat (1938) Alexandra Ludewig Open Access Download PDF	59
Gone with the Wind (1939) Heike Paul Open Access Download PDF	63
Casablanca (1942) Kay Kirchmann Open Access Download PDF	67
Mashenka (Машенька, 1942) Maria Belodubrovskaya Open Access Download PDF	71
Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du paradis, 1945) Chiara Tognolotti Open Access Download PDF	75
Nosotros los pobres (1948) Matthew Bush Open Access Download PDF	79
Chains (Catene, 1949) Lucia Cardone Open Access Download PDF	83
Tokyo Story (東京物語, Tōkyō Monogatari, 1953) Alexander Knoth Open Access Download PDF	87
House of Ricordi (Casa Ricordi, 1954) Louis Bayman Open Access Download PDF	91
The Night of the Hunter (1955) Christian Krug Open Access Download PDF	95
All that Heaven Allows (1955) Elisabeth Bronfen Open Access Download PDF	99
The Word (Ordet, 1955) Amanda Doxtater Open Access Download PDF	103
Violent Playground (1958) Christian Krug Open Access Download PDF	107
Hiroshima mon amour (1959) Axelle Germanaz Open Access Download PDF	111
Imitation of Life (1959) Karin Esders Open Access Download PDF	115
Oyster Girl (蚵女,Ke nü, 1963) Pei-yin Lin Open Access Download PDF	119
A Patch of Blue (1965) Simon Dickel Open Access Download PDF	123
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) Katharina Gerund Open Access Download PDF	127
Dark of the Sun (1968) Ivo Ritzer Open Access Download PDF	131
Love Story (1970) Heike Paul Open Access Download PDF	135
The Legend of the Red Lantern (红灯记, Hongdeng ji, 1970) Shuangting Xiong Open Access Download PDF	139
Ariana (אריאנה, 1971) Sigal Yona Open Access Download PDF	143
Insiang (1976) Thomas Morsch Open Access Download PDF	147
Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) Rama Srinivasan Open Access Download PDF	151
The Smoking Fish (El pez que fuma, 1977) Sophie Dufays Open Access Download PDF	155
An Unmarried Woman (1978) Florian Mundhenke Open Access Download PDF	159
The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun, 1979) Werner C. Barg Open Access Download PDF	163
Ticket of No Return (Bildnis einer Trinkerin, 1979) Stefanie Diekmann Open Access Download PDF	167
Babylon (1980) Nathaniel Weisberg Open Access Download PDF	171
Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press (Dorian Gray im Spiegel der Boulevardpresse, 1984) Katharina Sykora Open Access Download PDF	175
The Official Story (La historia oficial, 1985) Carla Marcantonio Open Access Download PDF	179
Where Is the Friend’s House? (Khane-ye doust kodjast, 1987) Lorenz Engell Open Access Download PDF	183
Little Vera (Маленькая Вера, Malen‘kaia Vera, 1988) Oleksandr Zabirko Open Access Download PDF	187
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) Sandra Folie Open Access Download PDF	191
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios, 1988) Rama Srinivasan Open Access Download PDF	195
Coming Out (1989) Thomas Preston Open Access Download PDF	199
Living in Bondage, Part I (1992) and II (1993) Alessandro Jedlowski Open Access Download PDF	203
Farewell My Concubine (霸王別姬, Bawang bie ji, 1993) Michael Höckelmann Open Access Download PDF	209
The Piano (1993) Heike Paul Open Access Download PDF	213
In the Heat of the Sun (陽光燦爛的日子, Yángguāng Cànlàn De Rìzi, 1994) Rui Kunze Open Access Download PDF	217
Bombay (1995) Annika McPherson Open Access Download PDF	221
The Bridges of Madison County (1995) Heike Paul Open Access Download PDF	225
Kikujiro (菊次郎の夏, Kikujirō no natsu, 1999) Jana Aresin Open Access Download PDF	229
Water Drops on Burning Rocks (Gouttes d’eau sur pierres brûlantes, 2000) Cornelia Ruhe and Thomas Wortmann Open Access Download PDF	233
Erin Brockovich (2000) Sarah Marak Open Access Download PDF	237
In the Mood for Love (花樣年華, Fa yeung nin wa, 2000) Norbert M. Schmitz Open Access Download PDF	241
Moulin Rouge! (2001) Nicole Wiedenmann Open Access Download PDF	245
Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Sad (Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, 2001) Mita Banerjee Open Access Download PDF	249
Devdas ( 2002) Vijay Mishra Open Access Download PDF	253
Destiny Has No Favorites (El destino no tiene favoritos, 2003) O. Hugo Benavides Open Access Download PDF	257
Monsieur Ibrahim (Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, 2003) Karen A Ritzenhoff Open Access Download PDF	261
Osuofia in London, Part I (2003) and II (2004) Uchenna Onuzulike Open Access Download PDF	265
Brokeback Mountain (2005) Katharina Gerund Open Access Download PDF	269
Rang De Basanti ( 2006) Bhaskar Sarkar Open Access Download PDF	273
The Yacoubian Building (’Imārat Ya’qūbīān, 2006) Thomas Demmelhuber Open Access Download PDF	279
Lust, Caution (色, 戒, Sè, Jiè, 2007) Ioana Uricaru Open Access Download PDF	283
Shanghai Baby (2007) Sandra Folie Open Access Download PDF	287
Sleepwalking Land (Terra Sonâmbula, 2007) Peter J. Maurits Open Access Download PDF	291
The Blind Side (2009) Birgit Hebel-Bauridl Open Access Download PDF	295
Invictus (2009) Sarah Marak Open Access Download PDF	299
The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos, 2009) Sophie Dufays Open Access Download PDF	303
Jaffa ( כלת הים , Kalat Hayam, 2009) Yael Munk Open Access Download PDF	307
Pumzi (2009) Moira Marquis Open Access Download PDF	311
Anchor Baby (2010) Claudia Hoffmann Open Access Download PDF	315
Even the Rain (También la Iluvia, 2010) Teresa Hiergeist Open Access Download PDF	319
Melancholia (2011) Marius Henderson Open Access Download PDF	323
Laurence Anyways (2012) Marius Henderson and Nele Sawallisch Open Access Download PDF	327
The Cut (2014) Claudia Breger Open Access Download PDF	331
The Theory of Everything (2014) David Eisler Open Access Download PDF	335
Eye in the Sky (2015) Karen A. Ritzenhoff Open Access Download PDF	339
Masaan (2015) Meheli Sen Open Access Download PDF	343
The Salesman (Forushandeh, 2016) Pedram Partovi Open Access Download PDF	347
Jackie (2016) Stefanie Schäfer Open Access Download PDF	353
The Nest of the Turtledove (Гніздо горлиці, Hnizdo horlytsi, 2016) Roman Dubasevych Open Access Download PDF	357
Cold War (Zimna wojna, 2018) Mirja Lecke Open Access Download PDF	361
Rafiki (2018) Claudia Böhme Open Access Download PDF	365
Elevator Baby (2019) Adedayo Abah Open Access Download PDF	369
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (A vida invisível, 2019) Oliver Fahle Open Access Download PDF	373
Joker (2019) Carolin Lano Open Access Download PDF	377
Hamilton (2020) Elisabeth Anker Open Access Download PDF	381
No Hard Feelings/FUTUR DREI (2020) Simoné Goldschmidt-Lechner, Aidan Riebensahm and Arpana Aischa Berndt Open Access Download PDF	385
Suggestions for Further Reading Open Access Download PDF	389
Contributors Open Access Download PDF	393

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eBook published on:

May 2, 2022

eBook ISBN:

9783839459737

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Main content:

400

Illustrations:

8

Coloured Illustrations:

83

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8 schw.-w. u. 83 farb. Abb.

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839459737

eBook ISBN: 9783839459737

Keywords for this book

Film; Film; Culture; Culture; Media; Media; Cultural Studies; Cultural Studies; Gender Studies; Gender Studies; Media Studies; Media Studies

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Lexicon of Global Melodrama

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