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Skyscraper cinema : architecture and gender in American film

Title
  1. Skyscraper cinema : architecture and gender in American film / Merrill Schleier.
Published by
  1. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.
Author
  1. Schleier, Merrill.

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Description
  1. xviii, 367 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
Subject
  1. Sex role in motion pictures
  2. Social classes in motion pictures
  3. Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century
  4. Skyscrapers in motion pictures
  5. Masculinity in motion pictures
Contents
  1. Introduction: Constructing the American skyscraper film -- From stumbling blocks to stepping stones : Harold Lloyd's skyscraper films -- Icons of exploitation : gender and class disharmony in the Depression-era skyscraper office -- Masculine heroes, modernism, and political ideology in The fountainhead and The big clock -- Mid-century corporate renewal and gender realignment in Executive suite and Desk set -- Postscript: Recent skyscraper films.
Call number
  1. MFL 09-4291
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-344) and index.
Author
  1. Schleier, Merrill.
Title
  1. Skyscraper cinema : architecture and gender in American film / Merrill Schleier.
Imprint
  1. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-344) and index.
LCCN
  1. 2008045191
ISBN
  1. 9780816642816 (hc : alk. paper)
  2. 0816642818 (hc : alk. paper)
  3. 9780816642823 (pb : alk. paper)
  4. 0816642826 (pb : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. MFL 09-4291
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