The first collection of original essays on the work of writer-director John Sayles, this book addresses the full range of his films from a variety of critical viewpoints.
Acknowledgments
vii
Introduction
1
(15)
Heidi Kenaga
Sayles between the Systems: Bucking ``Industry Policy'' and Indie Apolitical Chic
16
(35)
Cynthia Baron
Breakups and Reunions: Late Realism in Early Sayles
51
(28)
Alex Woloch
The False Salvation of the Here and Now: Aliens, Images, and the Commodification of Desire in The Brother from Another Planet
79
(24)
Mark Bould
The Theo-Political Landscape of Matewan
103
(14)
Martin F. Norden
Passersby and Politics: City of Hope and the Multiple Protagonist Film
117
(17)
Greg M. Smith
Of Spectral Mothers and Lost Children: War, Folklore, and Psychoanalysis in The Secret of Roan Inish
134
(24)
Maureen Turim
Mika Turim-Nygren
Oedipus Edits (Lone Star)
158
(16)
Susan Felleman
Men in Context: Gender in Matewan and Men With Guns
174
(20)
Klaus Rieser
Tourism and Territory: Constructing the Nation in Men With Guns (Hombres Armados)
194
(21)
Hamilton Carroll
Psychic Borders and Legacies Left Hanging in Lone Star and Men With Guns
215
(23)
Rebecca M. Gordon
The Space of Ambiguity: Representations of Nature in Limbo
238
(23)
Laura Barrett
Annotated Resources
261
(10)
List of Contributors
271
(4)
Index
275
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