This new go-to reference book for global melodrama assembles contributions by experts from a wide range of disciplines, including cultural studies, film and media studies, gender and queer studies, political science, and postcolonial studies. The melodramas covered in this volume range from early 20th century silent movies to contemporary films, from independent âșarthouseâč productions to Hollywood blockbusters. The comprehensive overview of global melodramatic film in the Lexicon constitutes a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners of film, teachers, film critics, and anyone who is interested in the past and present of melodramatic film on a global scale. The Lexicon of Global Melodrama includes essays on All That Heaven Allows , Bombay , Casablanca , Die BĂŒchse der Pandora , In the Mood for Love , Nosotros los Pobres , Terra SonĂąmbula , and Tokyo Story .
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Lexicon of Global Melodrama
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Content
- Introduction
- A Drunkardâs Reformation
- Back to Godâs Country
- Blind Husbands
- Applause
- Pandoraâs Box
- The Blue Angel
- Ganga Bruta
- Masquerade in Vienna
- Modern Times
- Bewitching Kisses
- Heimat
- Gone with the Wind
- Casablanca
- Mashenka
- Children of Paradise
- Nosotros los pobres
- Chains
- Tokyo Story
- House of Ricordi
- The Night of the Hunter
- All that Heaven Allows
- The Word
- Violent Playground
- Hiroshima mon amour
- Imitation of Life
- Oyster Girl
- A Patch of Blue
- Guess Whoâs Coming to Dinner
- Dark of the Sun
- In the Heat of the Sun
- Love Story
- The Legend of the Red Lantern
- Ariana
- Insiang
- The Smoking Fish
- Amar Akbar Anthony
- An Unmarried Woman
- The Marriage of Maria Braun
- Ticket of No Return
- Babylon
- Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow
- The Official Story
- Where Is the Friendâs House?
- Little Vera (
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdow
- Coming Out
- Living in Bondage
- Farewell My Concubine
- The Piano
- Bombay
- The Bridges of Madison County
- Kikujiro
- Water Drops on Burning Rocks
- Erin Brockovich
- In the Mood for Love
- Moulin Rouge!
- Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Sad
- Devdas
- Destiny Has No Favorites
- Osuofia in London
- Monsieur Ibrahim
- Brokeback Mountain
- Rang De Basanti
- âImÄrat YaâqĆ«bÄ«Än
- Lust, Caution
- Shanghai Baby
- Sleepwalking Land
- The Blind Side
- Invictus
- The Secret in Their Eyes
- Jaffa
- Pumzi
- Anchor Baby
- Even the Rain
- Melancholia
- Laurence Anyways
- The Cut
- The Theory of Everything
- Eye in the Sky
- Masaan
- The Salesman
- Jackie
- The Nest of the Turtledove
- Cold War
- Rafiki
- Elevator Baby
- The Invisible Life of Eur
- Joker
- Hamilton
- No Hard Feelings/FUTUR DREI
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Contributors
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