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Buffoon men : classic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity /
Film scholars and fans have used distinctive terms to describe the Classic Hollywood comedian: he is a "trickster," a "rebel," or a "buffoon." Yet the performer is almost always described as a "he." In this book, the author reads the performances of notable co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Detroit, Michigan :
Wayne State University Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Contemporary approaches to film and media series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Film scholars and fans have used distinctive terms to describe the Classic Hollywood comedian: he is a "trickster," a "rebel," or a "buffoon." Yet the performer is almost always described as a "he." In this book, the author reads the performances of notable comedians such as W.C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, and Bud Abbott and Lou Costello through humor and queer theory to expose a problematic history of maleness in their personas. He argues that contrary to popular notions of Classic Hollywood history, these male comedians rearranged or, at times, rejected heteronormative protocols. -- Publisher's website |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 258 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814339664 0814339662 |