Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-195) and index.
Genre, cycles and critical traditions -- The same but different : marriage, remarriage and screwball comedy -- Making marriage fun : Myrna Loy and William Powell -- A little difference : equality and the career woman comedy -- Economy and excess : Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy -- Possess me : consuming desires in the sex comedy -- The must be a boy! Doris Day and Rock Hudson.
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Exploring the changing representation of the couple in romantic comedy and focusing on the key themes of marriage, equality and desire, this work analyses the discourses around heterosexuality, gender, romance and love.
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9781847791702
Hollywood romantic comedy.
Love in motion pictures-- History and criticism.
Romantic comedy films-- United States-- History and criticism.