{"product_id":"martial-law-melodrama-lino-brockas-cinema-politics-9780520314610","title":"Martial Law Melodrama Lino Brockas Cinema","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Written in clear and urgent prose, \u003ci\u003eMartial Law Melodrama\u003c\/i\u003e invites a wide readership, giving access to an intricate sociopolitical history and awakening the desire to revisit Brocka’s impressive oeuvre . . .\" * Film Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e“A close examination of Brocka’s films, which considers them within the context of social and political trends, as well as within the framework of Brocka’s life and career.”  * Cineaste *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Country and the City: Social Melodrama and the Symptoms\u003cbr\u003e of Authoritarian Rule\u003cbr\u003e 2. “A Thoroughly Different Kind of Mother”: Surrogate Autocrats,\u003cbr\u003e Restive Youth, and the Maternal Melodrama\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Melodramatics of Crime: Film Noir in the Twilight of Martial Law\u003cbr\u003e 4. Tales of Unrelenting Misfortunes: Family Melodrama and the 1980s\u003cbr\u003e Economic Crisis\u003cbr\u003e 5. Men in Revolt: Two Experiments in Political Cinema\u003cbr\u003e 6. A Dirty Affair: Political Melodramas of Democratization\u003cbr\u003e 7. Picturing “A Faggot’s Dilemma”: Sexuality, Politics, and a Commerce\u003cbr\u003e in Queer Movies\u003cbr\u003e Coda: Three Non-endings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402925154647,"sku":"9780520314610","price":64.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520314610.jpg?v=1730481864","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/martial-law-melodrama-lino-brockas-cinema-politics-9780520314610","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}