Shadows of doubt negotiations of masculinity in American genre films / Barry Keith Grant.
| Author/creator | Grant, Barry Keith, 1947- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Detroit : Wayne State University Press, |
| Description | x, 246 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Contemporary approaches to film and television series |
| Contents | Introduction -- Pistols and stamens : gender and genre in D. W. Griffith's Broken blossoms -- Walking small : W. C. Fields, Groucho Marx, and the emasculation of the American comic tradition -- Cock and bull story : Howard Hawks's Red river, professionalism, and the Western -- The classic Hollywood musical, male desire, and the "problem" of rock n' roll -- Growing up absurd : shtick meets teenpic in the delicate delinquent -- "Cussers last stan'" : black masculinity in the cool world -- Of men and monoliths : science fiction, gender, and 2001 a space odyssey -- Taking back The night of the living dead : George Romero, feminism, and the horror film -- Rich and strange : economic performance anxiety and the yuppie horror film -- Man's favorite sport? the action films of Kathryn Bigelow. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010015131 |
| ISBN | 9780814334577 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |