Hollywood Comedians: The Film Reader

Hollywood Comedians: The Film Reader

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Book Description

Hollywood Comedians examines a range of comedians and contexts from the silent era to the 1990s. Contributors address key debates on performance and genre, and discuss issues of gender and the body, ethnicity and race. Includes essays by: Steven Cohan, Phil Drake, Bambi Haggins, Henry Jenkins, Peter Kramer, Patricia Mellencamp, William Paul, Joanna Rapf, Kathleen Rowe Karlyn, Steve Seidman and Mark Winokur.

About the Author
Frank Krutnik is Professor of Film Studies at Sheffield Hallam University. He is the author of In a Lonely Street (1991) and co-author of Popular Film and Television Comedy (1990), both published by Routledge.

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