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UNINA9910783983403321 |
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Autore |
Dyer Richard <1945-, > |
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Titolo |
Only entertainment / / Richard Dyer |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002 |
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1134522932 |
1134522940 |
1280108649 |
0203993942 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (198 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Performing arts: social aspects |
Popular culture |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction -- 2. The idea of entertainment -- 3. A bit of uplift : classical ballet -- 4. Quality pleasures -- 5. Entertainment and utopia -- 6. The colour of entertainment -- 7. The sound of music -- 8. Sweet charity -- 9. Action! -- 10. Lethal repetition -- 11. Four films of Lana Turner -- 12. First a star : Elizabeth Taylor -- 13. The son of the sheik -- 14. Don't look now : the instabilities of the male pin-up -- 15. Coming to terms : gay pornography -- 16. In defence of disco -- 17. Getting over the rainbow : identity and pleasure in gay cultural politics -- 18. The waning of entertainment. |
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