Skyscraper cinema architecture and gender in American film / Merrill Schleier.

Author/creator Schleier, Merrill
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,
Descriptionxviii, 367 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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Contents Introduction: Constructing the American skyscraper film -- From stumbling blocks to stepping stones : Harold Lloyd's skyscraper films -- Icons of exploitation : gender and class disharmony in the Depression-era skyscraper office -- Masculine heroes, modernism, and political ideology in The fountainhead and The big clock -- Mid-century corporate renewal and gender realignment in Executive suite and Desk set -- Postscript: Recent skyscraper films.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-344) and index.
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LCCN 2008045191
ISBN9780816642816 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816642818 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816642823 (pb : alk. paper)
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