{"product_id":"the-jaws-book-9781501373862","title":"The Jaws Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter 45 years, Steven Spielberg's \u003ci\u003eJaws \u003c\/i\u003eremains the definitive summer blockbuster, a cultural phenomenon with a fierce and dedicated fan base. \u003ci\u003eThe Jaws Book: New Perspectives on the Classic Summer Blockbuster\u003c\/i\u003e is an exciting illustrated collection of new critical essays that offers the first detailed and comprehensive overview of the film's significant place in cinema history. Bringing together established and young scholars, the book includes contributions from leading international writers on popular cinema including Murray Pomerance, Peter Krämer, Sheldon Hall, Nigel Morris and Linda Ruth Williams, and covers such diverse topics as the film's release, reception and canonicity; its representation of masculinity and children; the use of landscape and the ocean; its status as a western; sequels and fan-edits; and its galvanizing impact on the horror film, action movie and contemporary Hollywood itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn excellent variety of fascinating readings about a surprisingly complex film of the 1970s. The range of approaches is stimulating, accessible, and superbly thought out. Each essay increases our knowledge of \u003ci\u003eJaws \u003c\/i\u003efrom a variety of perspectives and heightens our understanding of the film. * Robert P. Kolker, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Maryland, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Jaws Book\u003c\/i\u003e is rich, insightful and comprehensive. It revisits this landmark film from an extremely wide range of perspectives, covering production, film style, genre, representation and reception. As a consequence, it is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of American popular cinema, as well as the impact and legacy of this enduring, ever-popular film * Kate Egan, Senior Lecturer in Film and Media, Northumbria University, UK *\u003cbr\u003e45 years after its release, Steven Spielberg's\u003ci\u003e Jaws\u003c\/i\u003e continues to endlessly fascinate and function as a cornerstone for contemporary popular culture. Hunter and Melia's collection brings together an impressive group of scholars, who deftly debate and analyse \u003ci\u003eJaws \u003c\/i\u003ein a series of original, insightful and highly readable essays. Distinguishing fact from myth, and scrutinizing details pertaining to its production, textual organisation and reception, \u003ci\u003eThe Jaws Book \u003c\/i\u003eoffers genuinely new perspectives on why the film continues to resonate. No doubt, it will appeal to everyone interested in the film, its director and the industrial, cultural and political cultures that produced it. * Yannis Tzioumakis, Reader in Film and Media Industries, University of Liverpool, UK *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a terrific collection of essays that genuinely brings new insight, and with a foreword provided by Jaws’ screenwriter and supporting actor Carl Gottlieb himself, \u003ci\u003eThe Jaws Book\u003c\/i\u003e is highly recommended for any fan of Jaws, or for anyone with even a passing interest in this crucial moment in film history. * Cinema Retro Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations Notes on contributors Acknowledgements   \u003cb\u003eForeword\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarl Gottlieb (Screenwriter of \u003c\/i\u003eJaws\u003ci\u003e)\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eI.Q. Hunter (De Montfort University, UK) and Matthew Melia (Kingston University, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e   \u003cb\u003ePart One: Production, Reception and Style\u003c\/b\u003e 1.      ‘She Was the First’: The Place of \u003ci\u003eJaws \u003c\/i\u003ein American Film History \u003ci\u003ePeter Krämer (De Montfort University, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e   2.      Not the First: Myths of \u003ci\u003eJaws\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSheldon Hall (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e   3.      Cutting to the Chase: Editing \u003ci\u003eJaws \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWarren Buckland (Oxford Brookes University, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e   4.      ‘The Shark is Not Working’ – But the Music Is: Scoring a Hit with \u003ci\u003eJaws \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmilio Audissino (University of Southampton, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e     5.      In the Teeth of Criticism: Forty-Five Years of \u003ci\u003eJaws\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNigel Morris (University of Lincoln, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e   6.      \u003ci\u003eJaws\u003c\/i\u003e, in Theory \u003ci\u003eMurray Pomerance (Independent scholar, Canada) \u003c\/i\u003e   \u003cb\u003ePart Two: Interpretation \u003c\/b\u003e 7.      \u003ci\u003eJaws \u003c\/i\u003eas Jewish \u003ci\u003eNathan Abrams (Bangor University, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e   8.      Children as Bait \u003ci\u003eLinda Ruth Williams (Exeter University, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e   9.      Reflexive Epistemology in \u003ci\u003eJaws \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJurassic Park \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Geal (University of Wolverhampton, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e   10.  ‘We Delivered the Bomb’: On \u003ci\u003eJaws\u003c\/i\u003e, Guilt, and the Atomic Myth \u003ci\u003eMatthew Leggatt (University of Winchester, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e   11.  The Way Home: Shifting Perspectives in \u003ci\u003eJaws \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel Varndell (University of Winchester, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e   12.  Relocating the Western in \u003ci\u003eJaws\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatthew Melia (Kingston University, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003cb\u003ePart Three: Beyond \u003ci\u003eJaws\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e 13.  ‘Just When You Thought It Was Safe...’: The \u003ci\u003eJaws \u003c\/i\u003eSequels \u003ci\u003eKathleen Loock (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) \u003c\/i\u003e   14.  Martha’s Vineyard Revisited: The Making-Ofs and Their Narrative Strategies \u003ci\u003eFelix Lempp (University of Hamburg, Germany)\u003c\/i\u003e   15.  Ben Gardner’s Head is Missing: Notes on \u003ci\u003eJaws: The Sharksploitation Edit\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNeil Jackson (University of Lincoln, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e   16.  Live Every Week Like It’s Shark Week: \u003ci\u003eJaws \u003c\/i\u003eand Natural History Documentary \u003ci\u003eVincent Campbell (University of Leicester, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e   Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52084975862103,"sku":"9781501373862","price":35.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501373862.jpg?v=1762207787","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-jaws-book-9781501373862","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}