LEADER 03074nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910777709003321 005 20230207230212.0 010 $a0-8166-6623-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000755480 035 $a(EBL)433199 035 $a(OCoLC)320841196 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000246656 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11200220 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246656 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10188965 035 $a(PQKB)10090463 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC433199 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39766 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL433199 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10280044 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL523329 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000755480 100 $a20081016d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSkyscraper cinema$b[electronic resource] $earchitecture and gender in American film /$fMerrill Schleier 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (388 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-4282-6 311 $a0-8166-4281-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-344) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Constructing the American skyscraper film -- From stumbling blocks to stepping stones : Harold Lloyd's skyscraper films -- Icons of exploitation : gender and class disharmony in the Depression-era skyscraper office -- Masculine heroes, modernism, and political ideology in The fountainhead and The big clock -- Mid-century corporate renewal and gender realignment in Executive suite and Desk set -- Postscript: Recent skyscraper films. 330 $aWhether tall office buildings, high-rise apartments, or lofty hotels, skyscrapers have been stars in American cinema since the silent era. Cinema's tall buildings have been variously represented as unbridled aspiration, dens of iniquity and eroticism, beacons of democracy, and well-oiled corporate machines. Considering their intriguing diversity, Merrill Schleier establishes and explains the impact of actual skyscrapers on America's ideologies about work, leisure, romance, sexual identity, and politics as seen in Hollywood movies. Schleier analyzes cinematic works in which skyscrapers are an i 606 $aSkyscrapers in motion pictures 606 $aSex role in motion pictures 606 $aMasculinity in motion pictures 606 $aSocial classes in motion pictures 606 $aMotion pictures$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aSkyscrapers in motion pictures. 615 0$aSex role in motion pictures. 615 0$aMasculinity in motion pictures. 615 0$aSocial classes in motion pictures. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory 676 $a791.43656 676 $a791.43657 700 $aSchleier$b Merrill$0511219 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777709003321 996 $aSkyscraper cinema$93828312 997 $aUNINA