| Romantic Comedy: Boy Meets Girl Meets Genre Contributor(s): McDonald, Tamar Jeffers (Author) |
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ISBN: 1905674023 ISBN-13: 9781905674022 Publisher: Wallflower Press OUR PRICE: $22.77 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: Romantic Comedy offers an introduction to the analysis of a popular but overlooked film genre. The book provides an overview of Hollywood's romantic comedy conventions, examining iconography, narrative patterns, and ideology. Chapters discuss important subgroupings within the genre: screwball sex comedy and the radical romantic comedy of the 1970s. A final chapter traces the lasting influence of these earlier forms within current romantic comedies. Films include: "Pillow Talk" (1959), "Annie Hall" (1977), and "You've Got Mail" (1998). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 791.437 |
| Series: Short Cuts (Wallflower) |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 7.26" W x 7.92" (0.50 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Romantic Comedy offers an introduction to the analysis of a popular but overlooked film genre. The book provides an overview of Hollywood's romantic comedy conventions, examining iconography, narrative patterns, and ideology. Chapters discuss important subgroupings within the genre: screwball sex comedy and the radical romantic comedy of the 1970s. A final chapter traces the lasting influence of these earlier forms within current romantic comedies. Films include: Pillow Talk (1959), Annie Hall (1977), and You've Got Mail (1998). |