Applies the recent `return to history' in film studies to the genre of classical Hollywood comedy as well as broadening the definition of those works considered central in this field.
Applies the recent `return to history' in film studies to the genre of classical Hollywood comedy as well as broadening the definition of those works considered central in this field.
Introduction; Two Traditions; 1: A Spanner in the Works?; 2: Comedy, Melodrama and Gender; Narrative; 3: Introduction; 4: Crazy Machines in the Garden of Forking Paths; 5: Pie and Chase; 6: Response to “Pie and Chase”; 7: Commitment and Reaffirmation in Hollywood Romantic Comedy; Performance; 8: Introduction; 9: The Keystone Film Company and the Historiography of Early Slapstick; 10: The Making of a Comic Star; 11: Goin' to Town and Beyond; 12: “The Laughingstock of the City”; Ideology; 13: Introduction; 14: Divorce, DeMille and the Comedy of Remarriage; 15: Romantic Love and Friendship; 16: Queerness, Comedy and The Women
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ISBN
9780415906401
Publisert
1994-10-19
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
810 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
438

Biographical note

Kristine Brunovska Karnick, Henry Jenkins