Hollywood romantic comedies of the fifties : a critical study of a film genre

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    • Ruiz, Manuela

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Hollywood romantic comedies of the fifties : a critical study of a film genre

Manuela Ruiz ; with a foreword by Celestino Deleyto

Edwin Mellen Press, c2013

  • : hardcover

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Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-389) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Intends to analyze the transformative and counter cultural nature of romantic comedies from the 1950s.

Table of Contents

  • 1: Gender Relations and Romantic Ideals
  • Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
  • How to Marry a Millionaire
  • Father of the Bride
  • 2: Coming to Terms with the 'Domestic Mystique'
  • Pillow Talk
  • The Seven Year Itch
  • The Thrill of it All
  • 3: Redrawing the Meanings of Sex in the 1950s
  • That Touch of Mink
  • The Girl Can't Help It
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

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