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Marcia Landy has gathered thirty-seven important essays on film and melodrama that have appeared in books and journals over the last two decades. In her introduction to the book, sheexplores the recent interest in the genre in relation to theoretical work in psychoanalysis and semiotics, setting the stage for the essays that follow.

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Significant texts on film and television melodrama from a variety of perspectives-chronological, theoretical, international, and feminist-and their sociological significance."
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Imitations of Life Reader on Film and Television

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      Publisher: Wayne State University Press
      Publication Date: 1/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780814320655, 978-0814320655
      ISBN10: 0814320651
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      Films, cinema Biology, life sciences

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Marcia Landy has gathered thirty-seven important essays on film and melodrama that have appeared in books and journals over the last two decades. In her introduction to the book, sheexplores the recent interest in the genre in relation to theoretical work in psychoanalysis and semiotics, setting the stage for the essays that follow.

      Trade Review
      Significant texts on film and television melodrama from a variety of perspectives-chronological, theoretical, international, and feminist-and their sociological significance."
      – Back Stage/Shoot

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