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Return to Twin Peaks New Approaches to Materiality, Theory, and Genre on Television Edited by

Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock and Catherine Spooner

RETURN TO TWIN PEAKS

Selection and editorial content © Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock and Catherine Spooner 2016 Individual chapters © their respective contributors 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-56384-2 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004-1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN 978-1-349-57140-6 E-PDF ISBN 978–1–137–55695–0 DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-55695-0 Distribution in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world is by Palgrave Macmillan®, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Return to Twin peaks : new approaches to materiality, theory, and genre on television / edited by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock and Catherine Spooner. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Twin Peaks (Television program) I. Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew, editor. II. Spooner, Catherine, 1974– editor. PN1992.77.T88R48 2015 791.45972—dc23

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Contents

List of Figures

vii

Preface by David Lavery

ix

Acknowledgments

xiii

Introduction “It is Happening Again”: New Reflections on Twin Peaks Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock

1

Part I The Matter of Twin Peaks 1

Wondrous and Strange: The Matter of Twin Peaks Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock

2

Substance Abuse: Special Agent Dale Cooper, “What’s the Matter?” Martha P. Nochimson

47

“The Owls Are Not What They Seem”: Animals and Nature in Twin Peaks Sherryl Vint

71

“That Cherry Pie is Worth a Stop”: Food and Spaces of Consumption in Twin Peaks Lorna Piatti-Farnell

87

3

4

5

“Wrapped in Plastic”: David Lynch’s Material Girls Catherine Spooner

29

105

Part II Twin Peaks,