Edna Ferber's Hollywood [[electronic resource] ] : American Fictions of Gender, Race, and History / / J.E. Smyth ; foreword by Thomas Schatz

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456187303321
• Autore: Smyth J. E. <1977->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2010
• ISBN: 0-292-79339-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Collana: Texas film and media studies series
• Disciplina: 813/.52
• Soggetti: Sex role in literature; Racism in literature; Motion pictures - United States - History - 20th century; Historical fiction, American - Film and video adaptations; Women in the motion picture industry - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Edna Ferber's America and the fictions of history -- The life of an unknown woman: So big, 1923-1953 -- Making believe: Show boat, race, and romance, 1925-1957 -- Marking the boundaries of classical Hollywood's rise and fall: Cimarron, 1928-1961 -- Writing for Hollywood: Come and get it and Saratoga trunk, 1933-1947 -- Jim Crow, Jett Rink, and James Dean: reconstructing Giant, 1952-1957 -- The new nationalism: Ice palace, 1954-1960.