Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. INTRODUCTION: Self-Evident 1
4. 1. THREE SPEECHES DELIVERED BY COLIN FIRTH 24
5. 2. WHITE LOVE: ROMANTIC COMEDY, THE '90s, AND GENRE IN THE BACKGROUND 46
6. 3. METARHYTHMS OF THE ADDICT: TANNHAUSER IN THE COMPULSION ARCHIVE 95
7. 4. THE SOUNDTRACK IS SO CLICHE: AMBIENT WESTERNNESS AFTER 9 / 11 128
8. EPILOGUE: Where Nothing Happens 168
9. Acknowledgments 175
10. Notes 177
11. Bibliography 191
12. Index 199