Jane Austen and Co : remaking the past in contemporary culture / Suzanne R. Pucci and James Thompson, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pucci, Suzanne R. (Suzanne Rodin), 1941-

Thompson, James, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--Film adaptations.

English fiction.

Historical films--History and criticism.

Historical films.

Women in motion pictures.

Culture in motion pictures.

England--In motion pictures.

England.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Film adaptations.

Austen, Jane.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Appreciation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Jane Austen and company

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jane Austen and Co. explores the ways in which classical novels—particularly, but not exclusively, those of Jane Austen—have been transformed into artifacts of contemporary popular culture. Examining recent films, television shows, Internet sites, and even historical tours, the book turns from the question of Austen's contemporary appeal to a broader consideration of other late-twentieth-century remakes, including Dangerous Liaisons, Dracula, Lolita, and even Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Taken together, the essays in Jane Austen and Co. offer a wide-ranging model for understanding how all of these texts—visual, literary, touristic, British, American, French—reshape the past in the new fashions, styles, media, and desires of the present.Contributors include Virginia L. Blum, Mike Crang, Madeline Dobie, Denise Fulbrook, Deidre Lynch, Sarah Maza, Ruth Perry, Suzanne R. Pucci, Kristina Straub, James Thompson, Maureen Turim, and Martine Voiret.

Contents:

""Jane Austen and Co.""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction: The Jane Austen Phenomenon: Remaking the Past at the Millennium by Suzanne R. Pucci and James Thompson""; ""Part I: In the Classroom""; ""1. How to Do Things with Austen by James Thompson""; ""2. Popular Culture and the Comedy of Manners: Clueless and Fashion Clues by Maureen Turim""; ""3. Love at the Hellmouth: Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Kristina Straub""; ""Part II: In the Nation""; ""4. Clueless: About History by Deidre Lynch""; ""5. “It Can�t Go on Like This:� Dangerous Liaisons in the Reagan�Thatcher Years by Sarah Maza""

""6. Placing Jane Austen, Displacing England: Touring between Book, History, and Nation by Mike Crang""""Part III: At Home""; ""7. The Return Home by Suzanne R. Pucci""; ""8. The Return to Repression: Filming the Nineteenth Century by Virginia L. Blum""; ""9. A Generational Gig with Jane Austen, Sigmund Freud, and Amy Heckerling: Fantasies of Sexuality, Gender, Fashion, and Disco in and beyond Clueless by Denise Fulbrook""; ""Part IV: In the Bedroom""; ""10. Sleeping with Mr. Collins by Ruth Perry""; ""11. Books to Movies: Gender and Desire in Jane Austen�s Adaptations by Martine Voiret""

""12. Gender and the Heritage Genre: Popular Feminism Turns to History by Madeleine Dobie""""Appendix: Television, Film, and Radio Productions of Austen""; ""Contributors""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7914-8738-5

1-4175-1932-0

OCLC:

55854380