LEADER 02493nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910779322803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7391-7254-9 010 $a1-299-14137-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000001000544 035 $a(EBL)1117142 035 $a(OCoLC)828423713 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000822431 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12281621 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000822431 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10775637 035 $a(PQKB)11790652 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1117142 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1117142 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10660112 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL445387 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001000544 100 $a20120926d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRefiguring melodrama in film and television$b[electronic resource] $ecaptive affects, elastic sufferings, vicarious objects /$fAgusti?n Zarzosa 210 $aLanham $cLexington Books$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (172 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-7253-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: the outwitted critic -- Modalities of melodrama -- Affect, affection, affectation -- Diagnosing suffering -- Trafficking in sacred objects -- Sacrifice and the animal melodrama -- The excesses of the posthuman melodrama -- The outside and the coincidence machine -- Conclusion: tragedy and melodrama. 330 $aRefiguring Melodrama in Film and Television: Captive Affects, Elastic Sufferings, Vicarious Objects, by Agusti?n Zarzosa, challenges the long-standing definition of melodrama as a cultural mode that anxiously proclaims the existence of a defunct moral order in a post-sacred world. Arguing that the central concern of melodrama is not morality but suffering, this book offers an alternative conception of melodrama as an apparatus that shapes suffering and redistributes its visibility.