Intercultural Screen Adaptation - by Michael Stewart & Robert Munro (Paperback)

About the Book

Intercultural Screen Adaptation offers a wide-ranging examination of how film and television adaptations (and non-adaptations) interact with the cultural, social and political environments of their national, transnational and post-national contexts.

Book Synopsis

Intercultural Screen Adaptation offers a wide-ranging examination of how film and television adaptations (and non-adaptations) interact with the cultural, social and political environments of their national, transnational and post-national contexts. With screen adaptations examined from across Britain, Europe, South America and Asia, this book tests how examining the processes of adaptation across and within national frameworks challenges traditional debates around the concept of nation in film, media and cultural studies. With case studies of films such as Under the Skin (2013) and T2: Trainspotting (2017), as well as TV adaptations like War and Peace (2016) and Narcos (2015 - 2017), Intercultural Screen Adaptation offers readers an invigorating look at adaptations from a variety of critical perspectives, incorporating the uses of landscape, nostalgia and translation.

From the Back Cover

'The global reach of this collection is insightful and informative. Viewing adaptation as "encounter, journey, method" in the context of international film-making enables us to explore important and pressing questions of global flow and complex (trans)national identities.' Julie Sanders, Newcastle University Intercultural Screen Adaptation offers a wide-ranging examination of how film and television adaptations (and non-adaptations) interact with the cultural, social and political environments of their national, transnational and post-national contexts. With screen adaptations examined from across Britain, Europe, South America and Asia, the book tests how examining the processes of adaptation across and within national frameworks can challenge traditional debates around the concept of nation in film, media and cultural studies. Case studies of films such as Under the Skin (2013) and T2: Trainspotting (2017), as well as TV adaptations like War and Peace (2016) and Narcos (2015-17) offer readers an invigorating look at adaptations from a variety of critical perspectives, incorporating the uses of landscape, nostalgia and translation. Michael Stewart is Senior Lecturer in Film at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Robert Munro is Lecturer in Digital Media and Communication at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Cover image: Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin, Jonathan Glazer, 2013 (c) A24/Photofest Cover design: [EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com ISBN 978-1-4744-5203-8 Barcode

Review Quotes

[...] an exciting new contribution to the discourse of adaptation studies, bringing together scholars from many different geographical locations to examine the process and product of adaptation (Hutcheon) at the junctures of culture, history, and national identity.--Claire McCarthy, University of Tasmania "Adaptation"

The global reach of this collection is insightful and informative. Viewing adaptation as "encounter, journey, method" in the context of international film-making enables us to explore important and pressing questions of global flow and complex (trans)national identities.--Professor Julie Sanders, Newcastle University

About the Author

Michael Stewart is senior lecturer in film at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

Robert Munro is Lecturer in Digital Media and Communication at Queen Margaret University. His research focuses on Scottish cinema, the video essay, screen industries and film genre. Robert is currently leading a research project funded by Screen Scotland to explore Scotland's moving image archive in primary schools.