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A Theory of Parody: The Teachings of Twentieth-Century Art Forms
01 Jan 1985-
TL;DR: The authors examines the historical development of parody in order to examine its place, purpose and practice in the post-modern world of contemporary art forms, and examines its place and purpose in satire.
Abstract: Examines the historical development of parody in order to examine its place, purpose and practice in the postmodern world of contemporary artforms.
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15 Dec 2005
TL;DR: Adaptation and Appropriation as discussed by the authors explores the cultural and aesthetic politics behind the impulse to adapt, and the impact of new digital technologies on ideas of making, originality and customization.
Abstract: From the apparently simple adaptation of a text into film, theatre or a new literary work, to the more complex appropriation of style or meaning, it is arguable that all texts are somehow connected to a network of existing texts and art forms. In this new edition Adaptation and Appropriation explores:
multiple definitions and practices of adaptation and appropriation
the cultural and aesthetic politics behind the impulse to adapt
the global and local dimensions of adaptation
the impact of new digital technologies on ideas of making, originality and customization
diverse ways in which contemporary literature, theatre, television and film adapt, revise and reimagine other works of art
the impact on adaptation and appropriation of theoretical movements, including structuralism, post-structuralism, postcolonialism, postmodernism, feminism and gender studies
the appropriation across time and across cultures of specific canonical texts, by Shakespeare, Dickens, and others, but also of literary archetypes such as myth or fairy tale.
Ranging across genres and harnessing concepts from fields as diverse as musicology and the natural sciences, this volume brings clarity to the complex debates around adaptation and appropriation, offering a much-needed resource for those studying literature, film, media or culture.
558 citations
TL;DR: This paper re-examines the concept of “meme” in the context of digital culture, and addresses the problem of defining memes by charting a communication-oriented typology of 3 memetic dimensions: content, form, and stance.
Abstract: This paper re-examines the concept of “meme” in the context of digital culture. Defined as cultural units that spread from person to person, memes were debated long before the digital era. Yet the Internet turned the spread of memes into a highly visible practice, and the term has become an integral part of the netizen vernacular. After evaluating the promises and pitfalls of memes for understanding digital culture, I address the problem of defining memes by charting a communication-oriented typology of 3 memetic dimensions: content, form, and stance. To illustrate the utility of the typology, I apply it to analyze the video meme “Leave Britney Alone.” Finally, I chart possible paths for further meme-oriented analysis of digital content.
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28 Jan 2000
TL;DR: Genre and Hollywood as discussed by the authors provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of genre and its application in Hollywood's history and culture, and argues that genre remains an important and productive means of thinking about both New and old Hollywood, its history, its audiences and its films.
Abstract: Genre and Hollywood provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of genre. In this important new book, Steve Neale discusses all the major concepts, theories and accounts of Hollywood and genre, as well as the key genres which theorists have written about, from horror to the Western. He also puts forward new arguments about the importance of genre in understanding Hollywood cinema.Neale takes issue with much genre criticism and genre theory, which has provided only a partial and misleading account of Hollywood's output. He calls for broader and more flexible conceptions of genre and genres, for more attention to be paid to the discourses and practices of Hollywood itself, for the nature and range of Hollywood's films to be looked at in more detail, and for any assessment of the social and cultural significance of Hollywood's genres to take account of industrial factors.In detailed, revisionist accounts of two major genres - film noir and melodrama - Neale argues that genre remains an important and productive means of thinking about both New and old Hollywood, its history, its audiences and its films.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors uncover the listening strategies involved in responding to electroacoustic music, implying that the Electroacoustic medium, far from being a mere extension of vocal and instrumental resources, needs rather to be celebrated, emphasized, and developed for its originality and imaginative revelations of human experience.
Abstract: The extensive range of sound sources admitted into music via the electroacoustic medium has initiated a revolution in the sounding content of musical works, appealing to a variety of listening responses not fully encompassed in previously existing musics. It is my purpose in this paper to uncover the listening strategies involved in responding to electroacoustic music, implying that the electroacoustic medium, far from being a mere extension of vocal and instrumental resources, needs rather to be celebrated, emphasized, and developed for its originality and imaginative revelations of human experience.
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