Screening Gender in Shakespeare's Comedies
Film and Television Adaptations in the Twenty-First Century
Seiten
2021
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-6376-5 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-6376-5 (ISBN)
This book analyzes how twenty-first century film adaptations of Shakespeare's comedies interpret gender-related concepts of their source texts. Examining the negotiations between early modern and contemporary gender politics, Cieślak identifies the main strategies of accommodating early modern gender constructs for today’s audiences.
When adapting Shakespeare's comedies, cinema and television have to address the differences and incompatibilities between early modern gender constructs and contemporary cultural, social, and political contexts. Screening Gender in Shakespeare’s Comedies: Film and Television Adaptations in the Twenty-First Century analyzes methods employed by cinema and television in approaching those aspects of Shakespeare's comedies, indicating a range of ways in which adaptations made in the twenty-first century approach the problems of cultural and social normativity, gender politics, stereotypes of femininity and masculinity, the dynamic of power relations between men and women, and social roles of men and women. This book discusses both mainstream cinematic productions, such as Michael Radford's The Merchant of Venice or Julie Taymor's The Tempest, and more low-key adaptations, such as Kenneth Branagh's As You Like It and Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, as well as the three comedies of BBC ShakespeaRe-Told miniseries: Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
This book examines how the analyzed films deal with elements of Shakespeare's comedies that appear subversive, challenging, or offensive to today's culture, and how they interpret or update gender issues to reconcile Shakespeare with contemporary cultural norms. By exploring tensions and negotiations between early modern and present-day gender politics, the book defines the prevailing attitudes of recent adaptations in relation to those issues, and identifies the most popular strategies of accommodating early modern constructs for contemporary audiences.
When adapting Shakespeare's comedies, cinema and television have to address the differences and incompatibilities between early modern gender constructs and contemporary cultural, social, and political contexts. Screening Gender in Shakespeare’s Comedies: Film and Television Adaptations in the Twenty-First Century analyzes methods employed by cinema and television in approaching those aspects of Shakespeare's comedies, indicating a range of ways in which adaptations made in the twenty-first century approach the problems of cultural and social normativity, gender politics, stereotypes of femininity and masculinity, the dynamic of power relations between men and women, and social roles of men and women. This book discusses both mainstream cinematic productions, such as Michael Radford's The Merchant of Venice or Julie Taymor's The Tempest, and more low-key adaptations, such as Kenneth Branagh's As You Like It and Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, as well as the three comedies of BBC ShakespeaRe-Told miniseries: Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
This book examines how the analyzed films deal with elements of Shakespeare's comedies that appear subversive, challenging, or offensive to today's culture, and how they interpret or update gender issues to reconcile Shakespeare with contemporary cultural norms. By exploring tensions and negotiations between early modern and present-day gender politics, the book defines the prevailing attitudes of recent adaptations in relation to those issues, and identifies the most popular strategies of accommodating early modern constructs for contemporary audiences.
Magdalena Cieślak is assistant professor of English at the University of Łódź.
Part I: Doing It “Straight”
Chapter 1—Michael Radford’s The Merchant of Venice
Chapter 2—Kenneth Branagh’s As You Like It
Chapter 3—Julie Taymor’s The Tempest
Chapter 4—Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing
Part II: BBC’s ShakespeaRe-Told—Retelling Shakespeare for Political Correctness
Chapter 5—BBC’s ShakespeaRe-Told Much Ado About Nothing, dir. Brian Percival
Chapter 6—BBC’s ShakespeaRe-Told The Taming of the Shrew, dir. David Richards
Chapter 7— BBC’s ShakespeaRe-Told A Midsummer Night’s Dream, dir. Ed Fraiman
Conclusion: Girl Power or Will Power?
Epilogue: Bridget Jones’s Baby
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Remakes, Reboots, and Adaptations |
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 219 mm |
| Gewicht | 426 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4985-6376-7 / 1498563767 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-6376-5 / 9781498563765 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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