Race, Nation and Cultural Power in Film Adaptation

In Race, Nation and Cultural Power in Film Adaptation, Roberts undertakes the first full—length study of postcolonial, settler—colonial and Indigenous film adaptation, encompassing literary and cinematic texts from Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, Indian, British, and US cultures.
A necessary rethinking of adaptation in the context of race and nation, this book interrogates adaptation studies’ rejection of ‘fidelity criticism’ to consider the ethics and aesthetics of translating narrative...