Framing Empire: Postcolonial Adaptations of Victorian Literature in Hollywood

This book explores how postcolonial filmmakers in Hollywood have adapted Victorian literature to address the legacy of British imperialism and the influence of globalized media entities, challenging Hollywood's genre conventions and production methods to address the impact of globalization on their homelands.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 31 August 2020
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Postcolonial filmmakers have adapted Victorian literature in Hollywood to address the legacy of British imperialism and the influence of globalized media entities. Since decolonization, postcolonial writers and filmmakers have re-appropriated and adapted texts of the Victorian era to write back to the imperial centre. However, the rise of international co-productions and multinational media corporations has called into question the effectiveness of postcolonial rewritings of canonical texts as a resistance strategy. This book examines case studies of films such as Gunga Din, Dracula 2000, The Portrait of a Lady, Vanity Fair, and Slumdog Millionaire to argue that many postcolonial filmmakers have extended resistance beyond revisionary adaptation, opting to interrogate Hollywood's genre conventions and production methods to address how globalization has affected and continues to influence their homelands.

Weight: 350g
Dimension: 156 x 233 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474429955