Research Catalog

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Description

1. x, 246 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series statement

1. Contemporary approaches to film and television series

Uniform title

1. Contemporary approaches to film and television series.

Subject

1. Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century
2. Masculinity in motion pictures

Contents

1. Pistols and stamens : gender and genre in D.W. Griffith's Broken blossoms -- Walking small : W.C. Fields, Groucho Marx, and the emasculation of the American comic tradition -- Cock and bull story : Howard Hawks's Red river, professionalism, and the Western -- All shook up : the classic Hollywood musical, male desire, and the "problem" of rock 'n' roll -- Growing up absurd : shtick meets teenpic in The delicate delinquent -- "Cussers last stan'" : black masculinity in The cool world -- Of men and monoliths : science fiction, gender, and 2001 : a space odyssey -- Taking back the Night of the living dead : George Romero, feminism, and the horror film -- Rich and strange : economic performance anxiety and the yuppie horror film -- Man's favorite sport? The action films of Kathryn Bigelow.

Call number

1. MFL 11-3876

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231), filmography (p. 217-220), and index.

Author

1. Grant, Barry Keith, 1947-

Title

1. Shadows of doubt : negotiations of masculinity in American genre films / Barry Keith Grant.

Imprint

1. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2011.

Series

1. Contemporary approaches to film and television series
2. Contemporary approaches to film and television series.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231), filmography (p. 217-220), and index.

LCCN

1. 2010015131

ISBN

1. 9780814334577 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2. 0814334571 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. MFL 11-3876