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Hollywood Romantic Comedies of the Fifties: A Critical Study of a Film Genre
Author(s): Manuela Ruiz (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Aug. 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 456 pages
- ISBN-10: 0773439404
- ISBN-13: 9780773439405
Book Description
This book notes that contradiction and paradox characterize both 1950s comedies and how film studios responded to them. The author demonstrates that these films actually deal with conflicts between sexuality, gender politics, the rise of consumerism, ideology of success and suburban domesticity and demonstrate the growing autonomy and equality of women from the screwball comedies of the 1930′ and ’40s.
