Romantic comedy : boy meets girl meets genre /

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Author / Creator:McDonald, Tamar Jeffers.
Imprint:London ; New York : Wallflower, 2007.
Description:133 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language:English
Series:Short cuts
Short cuts (London, England) ; 34.
Subject:Romantic comedy films -- History and criticism.
Romantic comedy films.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6418002
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ISBN:1905674023 (pbk.)
9781905674022 (pbk.)
Notes:"A Wallflower paperback"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-129) and index.
Filmography: p. 120-124.
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Summary:Romantic Comedy offers an introduction to the analysis of a popular but overlooked film genre. The book provides an overview of Hollywood's romantic comedy conventions, examining iconography, narrative patterns, and ideology. Chapters discuss important subgroupings within the genre: screwball sex comedy and the radical romantic comedy of the 1970s. A final chapter traces the lasting influence of these earlier forms within current romantic comedies. Films include: Pillow Talk (1959), Annie Hall (1977), and You've Got Mail (1998).
Item Description:"A Wallflower paperback"--T.p. verso.
Physical Description:133 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-129) and index.
Filmography: p. 120-124.
ISBN:1905674023 (pbk.)
9781905674022 (pbk.)