Love and Marriage Across Social Classes in American Cinema, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Auteur : Sharot Stephen
Preface.- 1. Love, Marriage and Class.- 2. Before the Movies: The Cross-Class Romance in Fiction.- 3. From Attraction and the One-Reeler to the Feature.- 4. Sexual Exploitation and Class Conflict.- 5. Consumerism and Ethnicity.- 6. The Cross-Class Romance in the Depression.- 7. Male Seducers and Female Gold-Diggers.- 8. The End of the Golden Era and After.
First comprehensive and systematic historical survey of American films centering on cross-class romance
Outlines in detail the most important narrative patterns and thematic concerns of cross-class romance films, emphasizing both continuities and changes in these patterns and concerns over the decades
Contextualizes the films with reference to the structure and operations of the American film industry, their reception, the personas of the stars who appeared in them, and the social realities of working life, dating, and marriage in American society
Date de parution : 07-2018
Ouvrage de 273 p.
14.8x21 cm
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Prix indicatif 26,36 €
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