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Challenging the study of both celebrity and the cinema, Mandy Merck argues that modern fame and film melodrama are part of the same worldview, one that cannot resolve the relation of personal worth to social esteem. Tracing the history of this conundrum back to the philosophy of the 17th century and the theatre of the 18th, she demonstrates its convergence in stage melodrama and its intensification in the Hollywood star system. Are today's cel...

Challenging the study of both celebrity and the cinema, Mandy Merck argues that modern fame and film melodrama are part of the same worldview, one that cannot resolve the relation of personal worth to social esteem. Tracing the history of this conundrum back to the philosophy of the seventeenth century and the theatre of the eighteenth, she demonstrates its convergence in stage melodrama and its intensification in the Hollywood star system. Ar...

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Edited by Mandy Merck, the collection of new critical essays examines some of the hundreds of US films that announce themselves as titularly "American", and contains detailed analyses of such films as The Vanishing American, American Madness, An American in Paris, American Graffiti, American Gigolo, American Pie and many more.

Brings together writings on sexuality which have appeared in "Screen" , exploring arguments like: pornography and the representation of the body, questions of the representation of femininity and masculinity, and of the female spectator.

A collection of essays which tackles with understanding how US understands itself by examining some of US films that announce themselves as titularly 'American'. It contains analysis of such films as "The Vanishing American, American Madness, An American in Paris, American Graffiti, " "American Gigolo, American Pie", and many more.

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A collection of ten critical essays on different aspects of the work of Tracey Emin, the first serious critique of Emin by a variety of distinguished art historians from both the UK and USA, including Rosemary Betterton, Lorna Healy, Peter Osborne, Ulrich Lehmann and Deborah Cherry.

Has Queer Theory 'grown out' of Feminism - in both senses? If it has, is that process a coming-out story?

Has Queer Theory 'grown out' of Feminism - in both senses? If it has, is that process a coming-out story?

Brings together indispensable writings on sexuality which have appeared in Screen, posing new conjunctions and making connections in one volume between debates which have spanned the last two decades in film theory.

A rich collection that looks at how the British monarchy has been seen on film and television. It is first comprehensive look at royalty on screen. -- .

At a time when "sexy" can be an adjective for anything, when sexual awareness is declared to be advancing faster in months than in the past half century, and when pundits warn of sexual overload, the actual representation of sex is still deemed confrontational, aggressive, "in your face." While critics accuse the academy of an obsession with sexuality, they also complain that nothing that appears to refer to sex really does. In readings rangin...

Leading cultural critics dissect the enormous welter of words and images to determine what can be made of this extraordinary response to the princess's death. For those perplexed by the events surrounding Diana's death, this book seeks to provide some answers. 32 photos.