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

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Popular culture and world politics.
Main Author: Kaklamanidou, Betty, 1972-
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
Series:Popular culture and world politics.
Subjects:
Romantic comedy films > United States > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 21st century.
Love in motion pictures.
Sex role in motion pictures.
Physical Description:xv, 188 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.