The Hollywood Romantic Comedy: Conventions, History, ControversiesISBN: 978-1-4051-8266-9
Hardcover
232 pages
April 2011, Wiley-Blackwell
 This is a Print-on-Demand title. It will be printed specifically to fill your order. Please allow an additional 15-20 days delivery time. The book is not returnable.
Other Available Formats: Paperback
|
||||||
Acknowledgements.
1 Introduction.
2 History, Cycles, and Society.
3 Thinking Seriously About Laughter and Romance.
4 Trouble in Paradise (1932): What is the Trouble in Paradise?
5 His Girl Friday (1940): Jailbreak!
6 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944): The Home Front Romantic Comedy.
7 Adam's Rib (1949): Anatomy Lesson.
8 Some Like It Hot (1959): Riding Sidesaddle.
9 The Graduate (1967): Counter-Conventions and Cultural Change.
10 Annie Hall (1977): The Trials of Partnership.
11 When Harry Met Sally (1989): Friendship, Sex, and Courtship.
12 There's Something About Mary (1998): Parody and the Grotesque.
13 Waitress (2007): Women's Ambivalence.
A Chronology of Prominent Hollywood Romantic Comedies.
References.
Index.
Related Titles
More From This Series
History of Cinema
Read an Excerpt
View the Series
.png){kind=small}
Join An E-mail ListLearn about the latest products, events, offers and content. |
