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Romantic Comedy

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Description for Romantic Comedy Paperback. Examines the history of the genre of romantic comedy, considering the social and cultural context for key developments in the genre cycles. Series: Routledge Film Guidebooks. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: APFN; ASZB; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.

Romantic comedy is an enduringly popular genre which has maintained its appeal by constantly evolving, from the screwball comedy to the recent emergence of the bromance.

Romantic Comedy examines the history of the genre, considering the social and cultural context for key developments in new genre cycles. It studies the key themes and issues at work within romantic comedy films, focusing in particular on the representation of gender and how the genre acts as a barometer for gender politics in the course of the twentieth century.

Claire Mortimer provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the genre, tracing its ... Read more

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This book is the perfect introduction to the romantic comedy genre and will be particularly useful for all those investigating this area within film, media or women's studies.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Routledge Film Guidebooks
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415548632
SKU
V9780415548632
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Ref
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About Claire Mortimer
Claire Mortimer read Film and English Literature at the University of East Anglia. She has worked as a Media and Film Studies teacher for many years, and has been an assistant examiner for Media Studies AS examinations with AQA. She is currently the Head of AS Media Studies and a Lecturer in Film Studies at Colchester Sixth Form College.

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