Jane Campion's the Piano

An examination of Jane Campion's The Piano from a variety of critical perspectives.

List of contents

Introduction: 'A Strange Heritage': from colonisation to transformation? Harriet Margolis; 1. Music in The Piano Claudia Gorbman; 2. The last patriarch Ann Hardy; 3. The Piano, the animus, and colonial experience John Izod; 4. Ebony and ivory: constructions of Maori in The Piano Leonie Pihama; 5. Foreign tunes? Gender and nationality in four countries' reception of The Piano Stephen Crofts.

Summary

Jane Campion's The Piano is one of the most unusual love stories in the history of cinema. In six essays, specially commissioned for this volume, an international team of scholars examines the film from a variety of critical perspectives.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Campion, Harriet Elaine Margolis
• Assisted by: Harriet Margolis (Editor), Harriet (Victoria University of Wellington) Margolis (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.01.2000
• EAN: 9780521592581
• ISBN: 978-0-521-59258-1
• No. of pages: 222
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 479 g
• Series: Cambridge Film Handbooks; Cambridge Film Handbooks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries