Becoming Carole Lombard
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Verlag)
978-1-5013-5073-3 (ISBN)
Sitting at the intersection of feminist film theory, star studies and comedy theory, this work presents Lombard as a case study to challenge the screwball canon and existent academic discourse about female physical comedy and the alleged “delicate” female body. In doing so, it formulates a new historical approach to understanding gender, femininity, and identity in Hollywood comedies of the 1930s. Moreover, this is the first research of its kind to offer a comprehensive understanding of Lombard’s stardom beyond her associations with the screwball comedy genre.
Olympia Kiriakou is a visiting instructor in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies at Florida Atlantic University, USA. Prior to joining the FAU faculty, she worked at the Toronto International Film Festival. Her research interests include stardom in the classical Hollywood period, genre studies, Disney studies, and media industries. Her work has been published in Film Matters, Journal of Fandom Studies, and Transformative Works and Cultures.
Introduction: Carole Lombard, The Screwball Girl?
1. "Carole of the Curves" gets Svelt: Carole Lombard Before Screwball Comedy
2. The Queen of Screwball Comedy
3. "Goodbye Carole 'Screwball' Lombard; Hello Mrs. 'Ma' Gable": Gender, Identity and the Classical Hollywood Star Couple
4. Lombard Gets Dramatic: Melodrama, Domesticity and Gendered Performance
5. "If Women Ruled the World": Lombard as Proto-Feminist
Conclusion: Lombard's Legacy (1942-present)
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.01.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 52 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 499 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5013-5073-0 / 1501350730 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5013-5073-3 / 9781501350733 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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