Buffoon men : classic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity /
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| Médium: | Elektronický zdroj E-kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Detroit, Michigan :
Wayne State University Press,
[2013]
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| Edice: | Contemporary approaches to film and media series
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| On-line přístup: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Obsah:
- Introduction: "Someone like me for a member": classic Hollywood comedians and buffoonish masculinity
- "Novelties and notions": Mae West meets W. C. Fields
- Con men and henpecked husbands: W. C. Fields as masculine icon
- "Whitefacing" the nebbish: Eddie Cantor's assimilation and influence
- Queered radio / Queered cinema: Jack Benny's mediated voice
- Queering the fraternity: Laurel and Hardy and heterosexual brotherhood
- Military disservice: Wheeler and Woolsey and Abbott and Costello join the army
- Conclusion: Beyond classic Hollywood /beyond buffoonish masculinity.