| Terms of Endearment: Hollywood Romantic Comedy of the 1980s and 1990s Contributor(s): Evans, Peter William (Editor), Deleyto, Celestino (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0748608850 ISBN-13: 9780748608850 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1998 Annotation: Taking into account romantic comedy's current popularity and the genre's adaptability to changing historical circumstances as well as its powerful tendency to contain and assimilate social changes, this book explores the complex ways in which recent cultural discourses on gender and sexuality have been incorporated into romantic comedy's apparently inflexible structure. Focusing on a wide range of well-known films (including "Working Girl, Murphy's Romance, Peggy Sue Got Married, When Harry Met Sally," and "Green Card"), this book covers topics relating to formal, historical and ideological questions, including issues of romance, love and female subjectivity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| LCCN: 99488332 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.16" W x 9.14" (0.91 lbs) 240 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Taking into account romantic comedy's current popularity and the genre's adaptability to changing historical circumstances, as well as its powerful tendency to contain and assimilate social changes, this book explores the complex ways in which recent cultural discourses on gender and sexuality have found their way into the apparently inflexible structure of romantic comedy. Focusing on a wide range of well-known films (including Working Girl, Murphy's Romance, Peggy Sue Got Married, When Harry Met Sally, Green Card) the chapters cover topics relating to formal, historical and ideological questions, including issues of romance, love and female subjectivity. |