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Screening Siblings in Contemporary American Film.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnett, Katie, author.
- Series:
- Library of Gender and Popular Culture.
- Library of Gender and Popular Culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Film criticism.
- Motion pictures--United States--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Siblings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.
- System Details:
- text file rdaft
- Summary:
- Siblings are everywhere in film, but their place in cinema has largely gone unstudied.This book turns attention to the brother-sister dynamic on screen and the many ways it shapes how stories are told.
- Contents:
- Introduction 1. Get Help: Sibling-Centred Families in Contemporary Blockbusters 2. Brotherly Love: The Gatekeeper, The Proxy and The Safe Bet in Teen Romance Narratives 3. Going Greek: Negotiating Symbolic Siblinghood in College Movies 4. Mirror Images: Exploiting Sibling Connections in Horror Films 5. Arrested Development: Death, Dysfunction and the Return Home Conclusion Bibliography Index
- ISBN:
- 1-350-38339-2
- 1-350-38337-6
- OCLC:
- 1587072720
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