| Description |
1 online resource (199 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Contents |
Genre, cycles and critical traditions -- The same but different : marriage, remarriage and screwball comedy -- Making marriage fun : Myrna Loy and William Powell -- A little difference : equality and the career woman comedy -- Economy and excess : Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy -- Possess me : consuming desires in the sex comedy -- The must be a boy! Doris Day and Rock Hudson. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-195) and index. |
| Summary |
Exploring the changing representation of the couple in romantic comedy and focusing on the key themes of marriage, equality and desire, this work analyses the discourses around heterosexuality, gender, romance and love. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Romantic comedy films -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Romantic comedy films. |
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United States. |
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Love in motion pictures -- History and criticism.
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Love in motion pictures. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Anthologies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Glitre, Kathrina. Hollywood romantic comedy. Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2006 (OCoLC)62891800 |
| ISBN |
9781847791702 (electronic book) |
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1847791700 (electronic book) |
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0719070783 (hardback) |
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9780719070785 (hardback) |
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0719070791 (paperback) |
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9780719070792 (paperback) |
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