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Informationen zum Autor By Magdalena Cieslak Klappentext When adapting Shakespeare's comedies, cinema and television have to address the differences and incompatibilities between early modern gender constructs and contemporary cultural, social, and political contexts. Screening Gender in Shakespeare's Comedies: Film and Television Adaptations in the Twenty-First Century analyzes methods employed by cinema and television in approaching those aspects of Shakespeare's comedies, indicating a range of ways in which adaptations made in the twenty-first century approach the problems of cultural and social normativity, gender politics, stereotypes of femininity and masculinity, the dynamic of power relations between men and women, and social roles of men and women. This book discusses both mainstream cinematic productions, such as Michael Radford's The Merchant of Venice or Julie Taymor's The Tempest, and more low-key adaptations, such as Kenneth Branagh's As You Like It and Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, as well as the three comedies of BBC ShakespeaRe-Told miniseries: Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.This book examines how the analyzed films deal with elements of Shakespeare's comedies that appear subversive, challenging, or offensive to today's culture, and how they interpret or update gender issues to reconcile Shakespeare with contemporary cultural norms. By exploring tensions and negotiations between early modern and present-day gender politics, the book defines the prevailing attitudes of recent adaptations in relation to those issues, and identifies the most popular strategies of accommodating early modern constructs for contemporary audiences. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Doing It "Straight"Chapter 1-Michael Radford's The Merchant of VeniceChapter 2-Kenneth Branagh's As You Like ItChapter 3-Julie Taymor's The TempestChapter 4-Joss Whedon's Much Ado About NothingPart II: BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told-Retelling Shakespeare for Political CorrectnessChapter 5-BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told Much Ado About Nothing, dir. Brian PercivalChapter 6-BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told The Taming of the Shrew, dir. David RichardsChapter 7- BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told A Midsummer Night's Dream, dir. Ed FraimanConclusion: Girl Power or Will Power?Epilogue: Bridget Jones's Baby...
