Buffoon men : classic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity /

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1. autor: Balcerzak, Scott
Format: Elektroniczne E-book
Język:angielski
Wydane: Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2013]
Seria:Contemporary approaches to film and media series
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Spis treści:
  • 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.