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The Drunken Journalist. The Biography of a Film Stereotype.
Howard Good
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Hardback. The Drunken Journalist: The Biography of a Film Stereotype analyzes the stereotype of the hard-drinking journalist, with the goal of discovering why it exists and how it operates in films. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
"No other human problem," a critic once remarked, "seems to have afflicted movie newspapermen more often than drinking." Howard Good's latest book analyzes the stereotype of the hard-drinking journalist, with the goal of discovering why it exists and how it operates in films. Early chapters consider whether there is a historical basis for the stereotype of the hard-drinking journalist;while later chapters deal with films from across the decades, including the 1980s and 1990s. They identify the fate of the romantic couple as a major—if not the major—concern of silent films featuring drunken journalists; explore the many and often conflicting ... Read more
"No other human problem," a critic once remarked, "seems to have afflicted movie newspapermen more often than drinking." Howard Good's latest book analyzes the stereotype of the hard-drinking journalist, with the goal of discovering why it exists and how it operates in films. Early chapters consider whether there is a historical basis for the stereotype of the hard-drinking journalist;while later chapters deal with films from across the decades, including the 1980s and 1990s. They identify the fate of the romantic couple as a major—if not the major—concern of silent films featuring drunken journalists; explore the many and often conflicting ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810837171
SKU
V9780810837171
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Ref
99-15
About Howard Good
Howard Good is Professor of Journalism, SUNY at New Paltz. He has written extensively on journalism, gender, and film in America.
Reviews for The Drunken Journalist. The Biography of a Film Stereotype.
...a worthwhile read for journalism historians and cultural investigators.
Journalism History
...an entertaining, and often personal, examination of the depiction of alcoholic reporters on screen.
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Journalism History
...an entertaining, and often personal, examination of the depiction of alcoholic reporters on screen.
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