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Romantic Comedy in Contemporary Cinema
Falling in Love Again
Romantic Comedy in Contemporary Cinema
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Romantic comedy has long been a mainstay of the movies, from the classic screwballs of the 1930s, through Woody Allen's 'nervous comedies' of the 1970s, to the current great Hollywood revival, featuring such movies as "Maid in Manhattan" and "Lost in Translation"; yet rom-coms have often struggled to be taken seriously.This original anthology from an international collection of contributors updates, revisits and reflects on today's romantic comedies. It considers the films and issues that illustrate the breathtaking diversity of the genre, from the queer pleasures of "Miss Congeniality" and the rom-com persona of J-Lo and Bill Murray, to high school prom-coms and indie romantic comedies. It also explores the new male-centred romances like "Wedding Crashers" and looks further afield into the healing power of romantic love in the Bollywood hit "Raji Hindustani".These themes and more are covered in a book that takes the romantic comedy seriously, while also examining the many pleasures of this continually regenerating film form.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements and Dedication i-ii
List of Contributors iii-v
Introduction - A Lot Like Love:
The Romantic Comedy in Contemporary Cinema 1
Stacey Abbott and Deborah Jermyn
1. I ? NY: Rom-Com's Love Affair with New York City Deborah Jermyn
2. Music, Ritual, and Genre in Edward Burns' Indie Romantic Comedies
Robynn J. Stilwell
3. Après le coup de foudre: Narrative, Love and Spectatorship in
Groundhog Day
Paul Sutton
4. Prom-Coms: Reliving the Dreams and Nightmares of
High School Romance
Stacey Abbott
5. The Healing Power of Romantic Love in Popular Indian Romantic Comedies:
Raja Hindustani: Home Elsewhere and Elsewhere Home
Sean Redmond
6. A 'Special Relationship'?: The Coupling of Britain and America in Working
Title's Romantic Comedies
Annabelle Honess Roe
7. Transatlantic Exchanges and Influences: Décalage horaire (Jet Lag) Gender
and the Romantic Comedy à la française
Brigitte Rollet
8. Romantic Comedies and the Raced Body
Karen Bowdre
9. Armed and Fabulous: Miss Congeniality's Queer Rom-Com
Claire Hines
10. What a Difference a Gay Makes:
Marriage in the 1990s Romantic Comedy
Kyle Stevens
11. Hommecom: Engendering Change in Contemporary Romantic Comedy
Tamar Jeffers McDonald
12. Lost in Transition: Problems of Modern (Heterosexual) Romance and the Catatonic Male Hero in the Post-Feminist Age
Janet McCabe
13. A New Direction in Comedian Comedy?: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Punch Drunk Love & the Post-Comedian Rom-Com
Lesley Harbidge
14. 'I believe that if I haven't found my Prince Charming already, that I will;
or he will find me, if he hasn't already': Jennifer Lopez, Romantic Comedy and Contemporary Stardom
Alan Dodd and Martin Fradley
15. Le Divorce: Romance, Separation and Reconciliation
Hilary Radner
Filmography
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | Nov 30 2008 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 272 |
| ISBN | 9781845117719 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Illustrations | 15 b/w illustrations |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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