| Description |
1 online resource (182 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: "And of this place I might have been mistress": adaptations of nineteenth-century novels in film and transmedia -- Chapter 1. Austenland and Lost in Austen: plunging into adaptations, immersion, and desire -- Chapter 2. Lizzie Bennet Diaries: (ad)dressing and monetizing secrecy in transmedia storytelling -- Chapter 3. Welcome to Sanditon: engaging fans in collaborative writitng -- Chapter 4. Emma Approved: capitalizing on "woman's usual occupations"? -- Chapter 5. Frankenstein MD: mothering the monster, or feminism and bioethics -- Conclusion: The future of digital storytelling: after Pemberley Digital |
| Summary |
This volume charts the evolution of Pemberley Digital's transmedia adaptations of nineteenth-century novels in order to interrogate the uneasy relationship between transmedia storytelling and consumer culture. It first examines two Austen-centered films, Lost in Austen and Austenland, that present "immersive" Austen experiences that anticipate Pemberley Digital's transmedia adaptations, bridging traditional film adaptations and transmedia's participatory culture. Subsequent chapters turn to Pemberley Digital's transmedia adaptations of Austen's and Shelley's novels to argue that, although such adaptations may appear feminist in their emphasis on female protagonists, their larger narratives expose a subtext of anxiety about unstable gender roles, financial vulnerability, and the undervaluation of career-specific skill sets, both for the characters and the production company itself.-- Publisher's website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-177) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Pride and prejudice -- Adaptations
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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 -- Adaptations
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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 fast |
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Pride and prejudice (Austen, Jane) fast |
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Digital storytelling.
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English fiction -- 19th century -- Adaptations
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Interactive multimedia.
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Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900.
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Media studies.
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Feminism & feminist theory.
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COMPUTERS -- General.
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Digital storytelling
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English fiction
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Interactive multimedia
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| Genre/Form |
Adaptations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Oestreich, Kate Faber, author
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| ISBN |
9781527523418 |
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1527523411 |
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