Shadows of doubt negotiations of masculinity in American genre films / Barry Keith Grant.

Author/creator Grant, Barry Keith, 1947-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoDetroit : Wayne State University Press,
Descriptionx, 246 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesContemporary 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010015131
ISBN9780814334577 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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