Shadows of doubt : negotiations of masculinity in American genre films / Barry Keith Grant.
| Author/creator |
Grant, Barry Keith, 1947- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Detroit : Wayne State University Press, ©2011. |
| Description | x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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| Series | Contemporary approaches to film and television series Contemporary approaches to film and television series. ^A570699 |
| Contents | 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 -- All shook up : 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231), filmography (p. 217-220), and index. |
| LCCN | 2010015131 |
| ISBN | 9780814334577 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814334571 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN1995.9.M34 G73 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |