This book examines postcolonial filmmakers adapting Victorian
literature in Hollywood to contend with both the legacy of British
imperialism and the influence of globalized media entities. Since
decolonization, postcolonial writers and filmmakers have
re-appropriated and adapted texts of the Victorian era as a way to
'write back' to the imperial centre. At the same time, the rise of
international co-productions and multinational media corporations
have called into question the effectiveness of postcolonial
rewritings of canonical texts as a resistance strategy. With case
studies of films like Gunga Din, Dracula 2000, The Portrait of a
Lady, Vanity Fair and Slumdog Millionaire, this book argues that
many postcolonial filmmakers have extended resistance beyond
revisionary adaptation, opting to interrogate Hollywood's genre
conventions and production methods to address how globalization has
affected and continues to influence their homelands.
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