Politics of Twin Peaks (eBook)

Amanda DiPaolo, James Clark Gillies, Jamie Gillies (Herausgeber)

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2019
212 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-7838-7 (ISBN)

Infos

The strange and wonderful place of Twin Peaks captivated audiences for more than two decades before its long-awaited return to television in 2017. In this edited collection, the authors approach Twin Peaks from a variety of perspectives with the concept of the political at its center.

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The strange and wonderful place of Twin Peaks captivated audiences for more than two decades before its long-awaited return to television in 2017. David Lynch and Mark Frost created a land that embodies the politics of American culture. With its focus on small-town America and life outside urban centers, rural and suburban values play a big part in the overall Twin Peaks narrative. More than just a soapy murder investigation or a mysterious puzzle to be solved, Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: The Return are metaphors for the political years in which they are set. The Politics of Twin Peaks investigates the show's engagement with American politics and identity. With a close relationship between the two, Twin Peaks is the rare cultural landmark in both film and television whose timelessness is defined by the fact that it can constantly be reinterpreted. Within that sometimes dreamlike Lynchian narrative, Twin Peaks hints at, sometimes explicitly and sometimes subtly, the political fault lines in the United States. In this edited collection, the politics inherent in Twin Peaks is approached from numerous points of view.

Autor

Amanda DiPaolo is associate professor of human rights at St. Thomas University.Jamie Gillies is associate professor of communications and public policy at St. Thomas University.

Inhalt

1.The Nuclear Anxiety of Twin Peaks: The Return Ashlee Joyce2 Is it Future or is it Past?: The Politics and use of Nostalgia in Twin PeaksAmanda DiPaolo3. Rural and Suburban Lynch: Characterizations of Hard Times in Reagan’s andTrump’s AmericaJamie Gillies4. Dirty Bearded Men in a Room!: Twin Peaks: The Return and the Politics of Lynchian ComedyMartin Fradley and John A. Riley5. Violence, Representation, and Girl Power: Twin Peaks’ Female Characters and Third Wave FeminismStacy Rusnak6. The Owls are Not What They Seem: Retaking Queer Meaning in Twin PeaksBenjamin Kruger-Robbins 7. Zen, or the Art of Being Agent CooperDarci Doll8. The Transmigration of Cooper: Echoes of Plato’s Recollection in Twin PeaksJean-Philippe Ranger9. Life in the Black Lodge: The Twin Challenge of Watching Twin PeaksShai Biderman, Ronen Gil, and Ido Lewit

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.2.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Politics, Literature, & Film
• Co-Autor: Shai Biderman, Ido Lewit, Jean-Philippe Ranger, John A. Riley, Stacy Rusnak, Amanda DiPaolo, Darci Doll, Martin Fradley, Ronen Gil, James Clark Gillies, Jamie Gillies, Ashlee Joyce, Benjamin Kruger-Robbins
• Zusatzinfo: 10 Illustrations including: - 10 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: American Culture • American Politics • David Lynch • film criticism • Media Studies • Nostalgia • Reaganism • television criticism • Trumpism • Twin Peaks
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-7838-1 / 1498578381
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-7838-7 / 9781498578387