Buffoon men : classic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Balcerzak, Scott (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2013]
Series:Contemporary approaches to film and media series.
Subjects:
Comedy films > United States > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Queer theory.
Films comiques > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Cinéma > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Masculinité au cinéma.
Théorie queer.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Comedy films
Masculinity in motion pictures
Motion pictures > Social aspects
Queer theory
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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