Considering Alan Ball

Essays on Sexuality, Death and America in the Television and Film Writings
Herausgeber: Fahy, Thomas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Academy Award-winning screenwriter of the film American Beauty and creator of the HBO series Six Feet Under, Alan Ball has consistently probed the cultural forces shaping gender, sexuality, and death in the United States. Through gritty dialogue and edgy humor, Ball centers much of his social critique on the illusory promises of the American Dream. For many of his characters, a belief in the American Dream--including idealized notions of the family, heterosexual norms, and the acceptance of prescribed gender roles--proves stifling and self-destructive. This is the first book to explore Ball's writings for theater, television and film, with an emphasis on his best-known work. These essays offer insight into both the captivating and problematic dimensions of Ball's work, while drawing connections among his diverse writings. An interview with Ball is included.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 287g
• ISBN-13: 9780786425921
• ISBN-10: 078642592X
• Artikelnr.: 22211011

Autorenporträt

Thomas Fahy, also the author of several books and editor of Considering David Chase: Essays on The Rockford Files, Northern Exposure and The Sopranos (2007) and Considering Aaron Sorkin: Essays on the Politics, Poetics and Sleight of Hand in the Films and Television Series (2005) is an assistant professor of English and director of American Studies at Long Island University.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Sexuality, Death, and the American Dream in the Works of Alan Ball: An
Introduction     
An Interview with Alan Ball     
Good Mourning, America: Alan Ball's American Beauty     
The Space Between Us: The Psychology of Houses in American Beauty     
A Heart Caves In: The Dangerous Aesthetics of American Beauty     
"You Have to Develop an Eye For It": Anti-Aesthetic Art in Alan Ball's
Vision     
Meet the Chenowiths: The Therapeutic Drama of Six Feet Under     
Strangers in Blood: The Queer Intimacies of Six Feet Under     
When We Living Awaken     
Bridesmaids, Bosoms, and Booze: Visibility and the Veiling of
Conservatism     
Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride: The American Dream in Five Women
Wearing the Same Dress     
Appendix: Works for Theater, Film and Television     
About the Contributors     
Index