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Balcerzak, Scott.

Buffoon Men Classic Hollywood Comedians and Queered Masculinity / [Recurso electrónico] : Scott Balcerzak. - Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, 2013 - 1 online resource (x, 258 pages :) illustrations ; - Contemporary approaches to film and media series . - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index.

Introduction: "Someone like me for a member": classic Hollywood comedians and buffoonish masculinity -- "Novelties and notions": Mae West meets W. C. Fields -- Con men and henpecked husbands: W. C. Fields as masculine icon -- "Whitefacing" the nebbish: Eddie Cantor's assimilation and influence -- Queered radio / Queered cinema: Jack Benny's mediated voice -- Queering the fraternity: Laurel and Hardy and heterosexual brotherhood -- Military disservice: Wheeler and Woolsey and Abbott and Costello join the army -- Conclusion: Beyond classic Hollywood /beyond buffoonish masculinity.

Libro Electrónico

ISBN: 9780814339664

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Queer theory.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.
Comedy films--History and criticism.--United States

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PN1995.9.C55 / B345 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/617/0973