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Hollywood Romantic Comedy of the 1980s and 1990s

Peter William Evans editor Celestino Deleyto editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Published:15th Jun '98

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Taking into account romantic comedy's current popularity and the genre's adaptability to changing historical circumstances, as well as its powerful tendency to contain and assimilate social changes, this book explores the complex ways in which recent cultural discourses on gender and sexuality have found their way into the apparently inflexible structure of romantic comedy. Focusing on a wide range of well-known films (including Working Girl, Murphy's Romance, Peggy Sue Got Married, When Harry Met Sally, Green Card) the chapters cover topics relating to formal, historical and ideological questions, including issues of romance, love and female subjectivity.

This collection of essays is both interesting and stimulating ... This collection of essays is both interesting and stimulating ...

ISBN: 9780748608850

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 484g

240 pages