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Romantic Comedy

Pocket
Engelsk
Routledge Film Guidebooks
Romantic Comedy
Romantic Comedy
  • Forfatter: Claire Mortimer
  • Format: Pocket
  • Antall sider: 166
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • Serienavn: Routledge Film Guidebooks
  • EAN: 9780415548632
  • Utgivelsesår: 2010
  • Bidragsyter: Mortimer, Claire
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Romantic comedy is an enduringly popular genre which has maintained its appeal by constantly evolving, from the screwball comedy to the recent emergence of the bromance.

Romantic Comedy examines the history of the genre, considering the social and cultural context for key developments in new genre cycles. It studies the key themes and issues at work within romantic comedy films, focusing in particular on the representation of gender and how the genre acts as a barometer for gender politics in the course of the twentieth century.

Claire Mortimer provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the genre, tracing its development, enduring appeal, stars and the nature of its comedy. Mortimer discusses both British and Hollywood classic and contemporary romantic comedies, ranging from canonical films to more recent examples which have taken the genre in new directions. In-depth case studies span a wide variety of films, including:

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