Hollywood Meme

Iain Robert Smith is Lecturer in Film Studies at King’s College London. He is author of The Hollywood Meme: Transnational Adaptations in World Cinema (Edinburgh UP, 2016) and co-editor of Media Across Borders (2016). He is co-chair of the SCMS Transnational Cinemas Scholarly Interest Group, and co-investigator on the AHRC-funded research network Media Across Borders.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Tracing The Hollywood Meme: Towards a Comparative Model of Transnational Adaptation2. Hollywood and the Popular Cinema of Turkey2a Üç Dev Adam (1973) // Spiderman2b Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda (1973) // Star Trek2c Şeytan (1974) // The Exorcist2d Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (1982) // Star Wars3. Hollywood and the Popular Cinema of the Philippines3a Dynamite Johnson (1978) // The Six Million Dollar Man3b For Y’Ur Height Only (1982) // James Bond3c Alyas Batman en Robin (1993) // Batman 3d Darna: Ang pagbabalik (1994) // Wonder Woman4. Hollywood and the Popular Cinema of India4a Koi… Mil Gaya (2003) // E.T.4b Sarkar (2005) // The Godfather4c Heyy Babyy (2007) // Three Men and a Baby4d Ghajini (2008) // MementoConclusionBibliographyIndex

In its illuminating look at adaptations, copies, and remakes of Hollywood texts in the popular film industries of Turkey, the Philippines, and India, Smith¹s book challenges its readers to reconsider preconceived notions of how cultural hegemonies operate, arguing for and unearthing more nuanced and reciprocal forms of interaction and cross-fertilisation between Hollywood and global film culture. Sharply argued and offering intriguing insights into the stranger realms of cultural appropriation, this book is a delight to read and an important intervention into popular genre studies and studies of transnational practices in world cinema.