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All about Thelma and Eve: SIDEKICKS AND THIRD WHEELS
Judith Roof
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Description for All about Thelma and Eve: SIDEKICKS AND THIRD WHEELS
Paperback. Looks at female comic secondary characters who, though never on center stage, play an indispensable role in enriching and complicating the course of the narrative. This title explores what is queer about the middle - in the sense of eccentric and in terms of desire - and how that queerness functions as a part of and an antidote to narrative. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 335.
Inviting us to "wallow in the middle," Judith Roof offers a fresh, inventive look at female comic secondary characters who, though never on center stage, play an indispensable role in enriching and complicating the course of the narrative. Paying attention to these characters shows that narrative is not always as straight as it might seem.
Focusing on such superb comic seconds as Eve Arden, Thelma Ritter, Rosalind Russell, and Whoopi Goldberg, Roof explores what is queer about the middle--in the sense of eccentric and in terms of desire--and how that queerness functions as a part of and ... Read more
Inviting us to "wallow in the middle," Judith Roof offers a fresh, inventive look at female comic secondary characters who, though never on center stage, play an indispensable role in enriching and complicating the course of the narrative. Paying attention to these characters shows that narrative is not always as straight as it might seem.
Focusing on such superb comic seconds as Eve Arden, Thelma Ritter, Rosalind Russell, and Whoopi Goldberg, Roof explores what is queer about the middle--in the sense of eccentric and in terms of desire--and how that queerness functions as a part of and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
339g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252070471
SKU
V9780252070471
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Reviews for All about Thelma and Eve: SIDEKICKS AND THIRD WHEELS
"Explores female secondary characters as modern versions of the Shakespearean fool and shows how they are able to transgress social and sexual boundaries and speak the truth without punishment; examples include such comic actresses as Eve Arden, Whoopi Goldberg, and Thelma Ritter."
The Chronicle of Higher Education "A useful contribution to scholarship. Roof explores the role in cinema of ... Read more
The Chronicle of Higher Education "A useful contribution to scholarship. Roof explores the role in cinema of ... Read more