Description

The strange and wonderful place of Twin Peaks captivated audiences for more than two decades before its long-awaited return to television in 2017. David Lynch and Mark Frost created a land that embodies the politics of American culture. With its focus on small-town America and life outside urban centers, rural and suburban values play a big part in the overall Twin Peaks narrative. More than just a soapy murder investigation or a mysterious puzzle to be solved, Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: The Return are metaphors for the political years in which they are set. The Politics of Twin Peaks investigates the show’s engagement with American politics and identity. With a close relationship between the two, Twin Peaks is the rare cultural landmark in both film and television whose timelessness is defined by the fact that it can constantly be reinterpreted. Within that sometimes dreamlike Lynchian narrative, Twin Peaks hints at, sometimes explicitly and sometimes subtly, the political fault lines in the United States. In this edited collection, the politics inherent in Twin Peaks is approached from numerous points of view.

Table of Contents

1.The Nuclear Anxiety of Twin Peaks: The Return

Ashlee Joyce

2 Is it Future or is it Past?: The Politics and use of Nostalgia in Twin Peaks

Amanda DiPaolo

3. Rural and Suburban Lynch: Characterizations of Hard Times in Reagan’s andTrump’s America

Jamie Gillies

4. Dirty Bearded Men in a Room!: Twin Peaks: The Return and the Politics of Lynchian Comedy

Martin Fradley and John A. Riley

5. Violence, Representation, and Girl Power: Twin Peaks’ Female Characters and Third Wave Feminism

Stacy Rusnak

6. The Owls are Not What They Seem: Retaking Queer Meaning in Twin Peaks

Benjamin Kruger-Robbins

7. Zen, or the Art of Being Agent Cooper

Darci Doll

8. The Transmigration of Cooper: Echoes of Plato’s Recollection in Twin Peaks

Jean-Philippe Ranger

9. Life in the Black Lodge: The Twin Challenge of Watching Twin Peaks

Shai Biderman, Ronen Gil, and Ido Lewit

Product details

Published Feb 14 2019
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 212
ISBN 9781498578370
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 10 b/w photos;
Dimensions 230 x 159 mm
Series Politics, Literature, & Film
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Amanda DiPaolo

Anthology Editor

Jamie Gillies

Contributor

Shai Biderman

Contributor

Amanda DiPaolo

Contributor

Darci Doll

Contributor

Martin Fradley

Contributor

Ronen Gil

Contributor

Jamie Gillies

Contributor

Ashlee Joyce

Contributor

Ido Lewit

Contributor

John A. Riley

Contributor

Stacy Rusnak

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