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Alienation and Resistance : Representation in Text and Image

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This collection draws together recent work by new and emerging scholars which examines the representation of alienation and resistance in texts and images, both modern and traditional. The essays collected here incorporate both high and low culture, covering a wide range of disciplines from traditional literary sources to the more modern mediums of film and comic. Informing each of the contributions is one overriding question: what are the roles, forms, and conditions of alienation and resistance in our culture and its diverse media? The contributors to this collection find examples of both alienation and resistance everywhere, from sixteenth century drama to contemporary fiction, from American comics to Eastern European cinema, from representations of the body to the site of the body itself. In seeking out these representations of alienation and resistance, the essays begin also to probe the limits and limitations of such terms. As such, the collection as a whole offers both a broad overview of the field of play as it stands today and makes tentative suggestions as to potential paths of future inquiry.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781443819640
  • ISBN-10: 1443819646
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Publish Date: July 2010
  • Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.85 pounds
  • Page Count: 305

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