Oh and All that Heaven Allows. CS On Oct 25, 2005, at 12:34 PM, christina sharpe wrote: > Far From Heaven is Ali, Fear Eats the Soul and Imitation of Life, no? > > Christina Sharpe > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Christina Sharpe > Associate Professor > Department of English > Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155 > [log in to unmask] > Office: 617.627.23 > > > > On Oct 25, 2005, at 11:55 AM, Andrew Lesk wrote: > > >> Christina >> >> As you likely know, The Hours is Hayes's interpretation of >> Fassbinder's Ali: >> Fear Eats the Soul, who interprets Sirk's All that Heaven Allows. >> Regarding the >> interplay of aesthetics, melodrama, kitsch and gender, try the >> following: >> >> Lucy Fisher's essay in Play It Again Sam: Retakes on Remakes, >> Horton, ed. >> Douglas Kellner's essay in Triangulated Visions, O'Sickey, ed. >> Robert Reimer's essay in Literature/Film Quarterly 24.3 (1996). >> Judith Butler's essay in Genders 9 (1990, Fall). >> Barbara Mennel's essay in One Hundred Years of Masochism, Finke, ed. >> Tina Harris's essay in Women's Studies in Communication 23.1 (2000). >> Mary Beth Haralovich's essay in Close Viewings, Lehman, ed. >> Barbara Klinger's classic Melodrama and Meaning. Look at the biblio. >> >> This should be a good start. >> >> Dr Andrew Lesk >> Department of English >> University of Toronto >> >> http://www.andrewlesk.com >> >> >> >>>> >>>> I'm planning to teach an extended unit on films such as The >>>> Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio, The Hours, and Far From Heaven. >>>> Does >>>> anyone have recommendations for articles or books that would be >>>> good >>>> companions for the study of gender and film in the 1950s (and >>>> somewhat specific to these films)? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Christina Lane >>>> >>>> >>> >>> ---- >>> >>> >> >> ---- >> For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: >> http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html >> >> > > > > > 77 > > ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html