"When you think of holiday romance in popular culture, you probably imagine the formulaic made-for-TV movies we all love to watch: a career gal moves from the big city to a small town, where she finds the love of her life and the true meaning of Christmas. Yet, as with so much of the romance genre, our favorite holiday movies, books, TV episodes, and plays are so much richer than the oft-derided formula. The 22 chapters in this volume turn a scholarly eye to one of our most beloved and under-examined subgenres, offering celebrations and criticisms alike of Christmas, New Year, Hanukkah, and…mehr
"When you think of holiday romance in popular culture, you probably imagine the formulaic made-for-TV movies we all love to watch: a career gal moves from the big city to a small town, where she finds the love of her life and the true meaning of Christmas. Yet, as with so much of the romance genre, our favorite holiday movies, books, TV episodes, and plays are so much richer than the oft-derided formula. The 22 chapters in this volume turn a scholarly eye to one of our most beloved and under-examined subgenres, offering celebrations and criticisms alike of Christmas, New Year, Hanukkah, and Diwali romances. This work includes voices from global scholars across an impressive breadth of disciplines: literature, history, theatre, media, gender and sexuality studies, sociology, psychology, anthropology, law, and victim studies. Readers will delight in celebrations of old classics like Christmas in Connecticut, new favorites like A Holly Jolly Diwali, and everything in between"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Liz W. Faber is assistant professor of English and communication at Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts. Their research focuses on science fiction and representations of artificial intelligence.
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Table of Contents Introduction: Why Holiday Romance? Liz W. Faber I. What Christmas Means to Me Writing the Rule on Holiday Romance Rachel B. Wickenheiser Holiday Romance Films as Mediated Rituals: The Case of Single All the Way (2021) Molly Frizzell and Rodrigo Muñoz-González Pure Camp in Hallmark's Cinematic Holiday Universes Georgia Fagan "A holiday that could be whatever anyone wanted it to be": The Indian American Holiday Season in Sonya Lalli's A Holly Jolly Diwali Sreepurna Datta II. Have a Holly Jolly Hollywood The World War II Christmas: Gender and Class in Christmas in Connecticut (1945) and It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) Kimberly Divonne Smith Love, Marriage, and a Snow-Covered Carriage: Foundations of the Romantic Christmas Genre in Post-HUAC Hollywood, 1949-1954 Vaughn Joy It's That Time of Year: The Holiday Season and Cyclical Temporality in Hollywood Romantic Comedy Harriet Idle "Let's go get the shit kicked out of us by love": Neoliberal Masculinities in Love Actually Marc A. Ouellette III. A Very Special Christmas It's a So-Called Wonderful Life: A Close Reading of My So-Called Life's Unanticipated, "Very Spiritual" Christmas Episode S.A. Wilder Christmas Cookies and Family Drama: Revisiting Austen's Characters on Stage Suzanne Delle A Wallflower for Christmas: A Holiday Offering in a Neatly Wrapped Colleen Etman "I burn for you": Bridgerton, Healthy Dissociation, and a Covid Holiday Julie Thompson IV. I'll Be Home for Christmas Aspirational Commensality in Romantic Winter Holiday Movies (2018-2022) Laura Kitchings Multiplying the Magic: Exploring Families in Holiday Movies Erin K. Burrell Romanticizing the Small Town: The Staging of Big City and Small Town in Hallmark Christmas Movies as a Restoration of the American Dream Lena Koseck V. I'm Dreaming of a Diverse and Inclusive Winter Holiday Season Race, Relationships, and Representation: How Hallmark Depicts The Christmas Town Kathleen Stanley Under the Menorah: Hallmark's Honorary Hanukkah Movies Melanie J. Fishbane Can We Please Make the Yuletide Gayer? A Queer Reading of Happiest Season Olivia Vogt From Gideon Holiday to Blake Sunday: A Deeper Queering of Holiday Romance Jennie McStotts VI. Holiday Slay Ride Crime at Christmas: Why Do So Many Beloved Holiday Films Involve Crime? Shelly Clevenger Naughty or Nice: Representations of Santa Claus in U.S. Horror vs. Romance Liz W. Faber A Corpse for Christmas: How Love and Death Collide in the Christmas Short Mystery Genre Rebecca Gibson About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Introduction: Why Holiday Romance? Liz W. Faber I. What Christmas Means to Me Writing the Rule on Holiday Romance Rachel B. Wickenheiser Holiday Romance Films as Mediated Rituals: The Case of Single All the Way (2021) Molly Frizzell and Rodrigo Muñoz-González Pure Camp in Hallmark's Cinematic Holiday Universes Georgia Fagan "A holiday that could be whatever anyone wanted it to be": The Indian American Holiday Season in Sonya Lalli's A Holly Jolly Diwali Sreepurna Datta II. Have a Holly Jolly Hollywood The World War II Christmas: Gender and Class in Christmas in Connecticut (1945) and It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) Kimberly Divonne Smith Love, Marriage, and a Snow-Covered Carriage: Foundations of the Romantic Christmas Genre in Post-HUAC Hollywood, 1949-1954 Vaughn Joy It's That Time of Year: The Holiday Season and Cyclical Temporality in Hollywood Romantic Comedy Harriet Idle "Let's go get the shit kicked out of us by love": Neoliberal Masculinities in Love Actually Marc A. Ouellette III. A Very Special Christmas It's a So-Called Wonderful Life: A Close Reading of My So-Called Life's Unanticipated, "Very Spiritual" Christmas Episode S.A. Wilder Christmas Cookies and Family Drama: Revisiting Austen's Characters on Stage Suzanne Delle A Wallflower for Christmas: A Holiday Offering in a Neatly Wrapped Colleen Etman "I burn for you": Bridgerton, Healthy Dissociation, and a Covid Holiday Julie Thompson IV. I'll Be Home for Christmas Aspirational Commensality in Romantic Winter Holiday Movies (2018-2022) Laura Kitchings Multiplying the Magic: Exploring Families in Holiday Movies Erin K. Burrell Romanticizing the Small Town: The Staging of Big City and Small Town in Hallmark Christmas Movies as a Restoration of the American Dream Lena Koseck V. I'm Dreaming of a Diverse and Inclusive Winter Holiday Season Race, Relationships, and Representation: How Hallmark Depicts The Christmas Town Kathleen Stanley Under the Menorah: Hallmark's Honorary Hanukkah Movies Melanie J. Fishbane Can We Please Make the Yuletide Gayer? A Queer Reading of Happiest Season Olivia Vogt From Gideon Holiday to Blake Sunday: A Deeper Queering of Holiday Romance Jennie McStotts VI. Holiday Slay Ride Crime at Christmas: Why Do So Many Beloved Holiday Films Involve Crime? Shelly Clevenger Naughty or Nice: Representations of Santa Claus in U.S. Horror vs. Romance Liz W. Faber A Corpse for Christmas: How Love and Death Collide in the Christmas Short Mystery Genre Rebecca Gibson About the Contributors Index
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