Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-612) and index.
Screwball Comedies: Constructing Romance, Mystifying Marriage / David R. Shumway ; Redressing the "Natural": The Temporary Transvestite Film / Chris Straayer ; Friendly Civilians: Images of Women and the Feminization of the Audience in Vietnam War Films / Susan Jeffords ; The Self-Reflexive Musical and the Myth of Entertainment / Jane Feuer ; The Black Gangster Film / Mark A. Reid ; Teen Films: The Cinematic Image of Youth / Timothy Shary ; Global Noir: Genre Film in the Age of Transnationalism / David Desser.
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More than 30 essays by some of film's most distinguished critics are included in this volume, which presents the latest developments in genre study, including teen films, genre hybridity, neo-noir & genre in the age of globalization, & an up-to-date bibliography.