Bound to Bond : Gender, Genre, and the Hollywood Romantic Comedy
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“This richly descriptive, immensely readable, and wide-ranging study calls up enjoyable comic bits and scenes even as it invites understanding. Highly recommended for all film collections.”–
“...raises a number of important questions about the longevity and popularity, especially among women, of conservative romantic comedies...”–
Book Description
Bound to Bond: Gender, Genre, and the Hollywood Romantic Comedy looks at gender roles in a unique way--by examining what the last thirty years of romantic comedy films have argued, reflected, and implied. Mark Rubinfeld contends that, essentially, we are what we see, and by identifying four basic plots of the genre, representing four basic love stories, he studies the implications of filmic depictions of male/female relationships. Cultural changes that have transformed our society since 1970 are seen here as we see them on the silver screen, and the author analyzes notable examples of the genre with a rigorous sociological perspective.
Bound to Bond : Gender, Genre, and the Hollywood Romantic Comedy
Bound to Bond : Gender, Genre, and the Hollywood Romantic Comedy,Mark D. Rubinfeld,Praeger Publishers,0275972712,Cinema/Film: Book,Film & Video - General,History and criticism,Love in motion pictures,Performing Arts,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Popular Culture - General,Romantic comedy films,Sex role in motion pictures,United States,California,Films, cinema,Gender studies,Popular culture,Social Science / Popular Culture,c 1970 to c 1980,c 1980 to c 1990,c 1990 to c 2000
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