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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823161503321

Autore

Kaklamanidou Betty <1972-, >

Titolo

Genre, gender and the effects of neoliberalism : the new millennium Hollywood rom com / / Betty Kaklamanidou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-07010-0

1-299-27956-2

1-135-09004-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Popular culture and world politics

Disciplina

791.43/6543

Soggetti

Romantic comedy films - United States - History and criticism

Motion pictures - United States - History - 21st century

Love in motion pictures

Sex role in motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The battle of the sexes rom com: to be continued? -- The "new" career woman rom com -- The fantasy rom com -- The action rom com -- The teen rom com -- The "mature" rom com: heroines and heroes "of a certain age" -- The baby-crazed rom com -- The man-com cluster -- The indie rom com -- Romantic comedy and the "other": race, ethnicity, and the transcendental star -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

The romantic comedy has long been regarded as an inferior film genre by critics and scholars alike, accused of maintaining a strict narrative formula which is considered superficial and highly predictable. However, the genre has resisted the negative scholarly and critical comments and for the last three decades the steady increase in the numbers of romantic comedies position the genre among the most popular ones in the globally dominant Hollywood film industry. The enduring power of the new millennium romantic comedy, proves that therein lies something deeper and worth investigating. <