{"product_id":"hollywoods-tennessee-the-williams-films-and-postwar-america-paperback","title":"Hollywood's Tennessee: The Williams Films and Postwar America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eR. Barton Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo American dramatist has had more plays adapted than Tennessee Williams, and few modern dramatists have witnessed as much controversy during the adaptation process. His Hollywood legacy, captured in such screen adaptations as \u003ci\u003eA Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSuddenly, Last Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, reflects the sea change in American culture in the mid-twentieth century. Placing this body of work within relevant contexts ranging from gender and sexuality to censorship, modernism, art cinema, and the Southern Renaissance, \u003ci\u003eHollywood's Tennessee\u003c\/i\u003e draws on rarely examined archival research to recast Williams's significance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProviding not only cultural context, the authors also bring to light the details of the arduous screenwriting process Williams experienced, with special emphasis on the Production Code Administration-the powerful censorship office that drew high-profile criticism during the 1950s-and Williams's innovative efforts to bend the code. Going well beyond the scripts themselves, \u003ci\u003eHollywood's Tennessee\u003c\/i\u003e showcases findings culled from poster and billboard art, pressbooks, and other production and advertising material. The result is a sweeping account of how Williams's adapted plays were crafted, marketed, and received, as well as the lasting implications of this history for commercial filmmakers and their audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e R. Barton Palmer is Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University in South Carolina and is editor, with David Boyd, of \u003ci\u003eAfter Hitchcock: Influence, Imitation, and Intertextuality\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e William Robert Bray is Professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro and is the founding editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Tennessee Williams Annual Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 371\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47408740401330,"sku":"9780292723047","price":66.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a33804b36da02032e2cd066fd78a68c4.webp?v=1778251831","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/hollywoods-tennessee-the-williams-films-and-postwar-america-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}