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

• Autore: Kaklamanidou Betty <1972-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/6543
• Soggetto topico: Romantic comedy films - United States - History and criticism; Motion pictures - United States - History - 21st century; Love in motion pictures; Sex role in motion pictures
• 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. <
• Titolo autorizzato: Genre, gender and the effects of neoliberalism
• ISBN: 0-203-07010-0; 1-299-27956-2; 1-135-09004-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823161503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Popular culture and world politics.