The cinematic novel and postmodern pop fiction : the case of Manuel Puig / Décio Torres Cruz.
| Author/creator | Cruz, Décio Torres author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019] |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | FILLM studies in languages and literatures, 2213-428X ; volume 13 FILLM studies in languages and literatures ; v. 13. ^A1316397 |
| Contents | Cinemta(tic) novel: definitions and brief historical overview -- Pop art and Puig's polyphonic pop narrative -- From reel to real: the fusion of reality and fiction in Puig's cinematic discourse in Betrayed by Rita Hayworth -- Dancing a Heartbreak Tango with Hollywood stars and their Boquitas Pintadas -- The Buenos Aires Affairs -- The Spider Woman's polyphonic web of desire -- Puig's characters and their mythical identity in Publis angelical -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract | "Décio Torres Cruz approaches connections between literature and cinema partly through issues of gender and identity, and partly through issues of reality and representation. In doing so, he looks at the various ways in which people have thought of the so-called cinematic novel, tracing the development of that genre concept not only in the French ciné-roman and film scenarios but also in novels from the United States, England, France, and Latin America. The main tendency he identifies is the blending of the cinematic novel with pop literature, through allusions to Pop Art and other postmodern cultural trends. His prime exhibits are a number of novels by the Argentinian writer Manuel Puig: Betrayed by Rita Hayworth; Heartbreak Tango; The Buenos Aires Affair; Kiss of the Spider Woman; and Pubis angelical. Bringing in suggestive sociocultural and psychoanalytical considerations, Cruz shows how, in Puig's hands, the cinematic novel resulted in a pop collage of different texts, films, discourses, and narrative devices which fused reality and imagination into dream and desire"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 21, 2020). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Cruz, Décio Torres. Cinematic novel and Manuel Puig's postmodern pop narrative. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019] 9789027204646 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2019036905 |
| ISBN | 9789027261816 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9027261814 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |