{"product_id":"9783030609931","title":"Romance and Power in the Hollywood Eastern","description":"\u003ch1\u003eRomance and Power in the Hollywood Eastern\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eNatarajan, Nalini\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book develops the idea of the \"Eastern\" as an analytically significant genre of film. Positioned in counterpoint to the Western, the famed cowboy genre of the American frontier, the “Eastern” encompasses films that depict the eastern and southern frontiers of Euro-American expansion. Examining six films in particular—\u003ci\u003eGunga Din\u003c\/i\u003e (1939), \u003ci\u003eLawrence of Arabia \u003c\/i\u003e(1962), \u003ci\u003eHeat and Dust \u003c\/i\u003e(1983), \u003ci\u003eA Passage to India\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), Indochine (1992), and \u003ci\u003eThe English Patient \u003c\/i\u003e(1996)—the author explores the duality of the \"Eastern\" as both aggressive and seductive, depicting conquest and romance at the same time. In juxtaposing these two elements, the book seeks to reveal the double process by which the “Eastern” both diminishes the \"East\" and Global South and reinforces ignorance about these regions’ histories and complexity, thereby setting the stage for ever-escalating political aggression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2020-11-08\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030609931\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-60994-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 204\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47711184715916,"sku":"9783030609931","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030609931.jpg?v=1776793818","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783030609931","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}