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Secret Life Of Romantic Comedy
Celestino Deleyto
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Description for Secret Life Of Romantic Comedy
Hardback. The secret life of romantic comedy offers a fresh approach to one of the most popular Hollywood genres in recent years and analyses the cultural impact of generic conventions in the construction of issues of intimacy and sexuality. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
The secret life of romantic comedy offers a new approach to one of the most popular and resilient genres in the history of Hollywood. Steering away from the rigidity and ideological determinism of traditional accounts of the genre, this book advocates a more flexible theory, which allows the student to explore the presence of the genre in unexpected places, extending the concept to encompass films that are not usually considered romantic comedies.
Combining theory with detailed analyses of a selection of films, including To Be or Not to Be (1942), Rear Window (1954), Kiss Me Stupid (1964), Crimes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719076749
SKU
V9780719076749
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Ref
99-15
About Celestino Deleyto
Celestino Deleyto is Professor in English Literature and Film at the University of Zaragoza, Spain -- .
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