{"product_id":"titanic-anatomy-of-a-blockbuster-9780813526690","title":"Titanic Anatomy of a Blockbuster","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1997, James Cameron's Titanic, became the first motion picture to earn a billion dollars worldwide. These essays ask the question: What made Titanic such a popular movie? Why has this film become a cultural and film phenomenon? What makes it so fascinating to the film-going public?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors to this collection sift through the pre-release stories, merchandise tie-ins, advertising gimmicks, video offers, package tours and the like in order to make clear why Titanic turned out to be such a mammoth, international cultural phenomenon. . . . Keeping to the popular spirit of Titanic itself, the book is designed for a broad readership, and the contributors have made an effort to stay away from theoretical jargon. * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eAnyone interested in accessible scholarly approaches to film and culture studies or a keener insight into why and how one film can resonate across borders at a particular moment in time will find this a stimulating and useful collection of essays. * Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas *\u003cbr\u003eA thought-provoking collection of essays that bring contemporary cinema into serious focus. \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e: Anatomy of a Blockbuster is wedded to movie history, to current cultural attitudes, and to its impact on viewers. Too bad someone wasnÆt around to do this for Gone With the Wind. -- Jeanine Basinger * chair, Film Studies Program, Wesleyan University *\u003cbr\u003eIf \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e was not just another film, then this work, with its range of approaches and perspectives, is not just another anthology. -- David Desser * University of Illinois *\u003cbr\u003eThe authors in this volume offer a first-rate examination of a question that has long vexed studies of media and popular culture: what makes a text resonate so extensively, so deeply with its audiences that it becomes a public sensation? Sandler and Studlar have assembled a collection of essays that vividly and persuasively demonstrate the complexity of forces acting on the reception of what became the biggest film blockbuster of them all. -- Barbara Klinger * author of Melodrama and Meaning: History, Culture, and the Films of Douglas Sirk *\u003cbr\u003eIntriguing perspectives on a major cultural phenomenon. -- Steven Biel * author of Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic\" Disaster *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction : the seductive waters of James Cameron's film phenomenon \/ Gaylyn Studlar and Kevin S. Sandler\u003cbr\u003e \"Floating triumphantly\" : the American critics on Titanic \/ Matthew Bernstein\u003cbr\u003e The drama of recoupment : on the mass media negotiation of Titanic \/ Justin Wyatt and Katherine Vlesmas\u003cbr\u003e Selling my heart : music and cross-promotion in Titanic \/ Jeff Smith\u003cbr\u003e \"Almost ashamed to say I am one of those girls\" : Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio, and the paradoxes of girls' fandom \/ Melanie Nash and Martti Lahti\u003cbr\u003e \"Something and someone else\" : the mind, the body, and sexuality\u003cbr\u003e Women first : Titanic action-adventure films, and Hollywood's female audience \/ Peter Krämer\u003cbr\u003e \"Size does matter\" : notes on Titanic and James Cameron as blockbuster auteur \/ Alexandra Keller\u003cbr\u003e Heart of the ocean : diamonds and democratic desire in Titanic \/ Adrienne Munich and Maura Spiegel\u003cbr\u003e Ship of dreams : cross-class romance and the cultural fantasy of Titanic \/ Laurie Ouellette\u003cbr\u003e Bathos and bathysphere : on submersion, longing, and history in Titanic \/ Vivian Sobchack\u003cbr\u003e \"The china had never been used!\" : on the patina of perfect images in Titanic \/ Julian Stringer\u003cbr\u003e Titanic, survivalism, and the millennial myth \/ Diane Negra\u003cbr\u003e \"It was true! How can you laugh?\" : history and memory in the reception of Titanic in Britain and Southampton \/ Anne Massey and Mike Hammond","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742322655575,"sku":"9780813526690","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813526690.jpg?v=1758384271","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/titanic-anatomy-of-a-blockbuster-9780813526690","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}