Buffoon men : classic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity / Scott Balcerzak.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary approaches to film and media seriesPublisher: Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780814339664 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Buffoon men : classic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity.DDC classification:
  • 791.43/617/0973 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.C55 B345 2013eb
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Contents:
Introduction: "Someone like me for a member": classic Hollywood comedians and buffoonish masculinity -- "Novelties and notions": Mae West meets W. C. Fields -- Con men and henpecked husbands: W. C. Fields as masculine icon -- "Whitefacing" the nebbish: Eddie Cantor's assimilation and influence -- Queered radio / Queered cinema: Jack Benny's mediated voice -- Queering the fraternity: Laurel and Hardy and heterosexual brotherhood -- Military disservice: Wheeler and Woolsey and Abbott and Costello join the army -- Conclusion: Beyond classic Hollywood /beyond buffoonish masculinity.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: "Someone like me for a member": classic Hollywood comedians and buffoonish masculinity -- "Novelties and notions": Mae West meets W. C. Fields -- Con men and henpecked husbands: W. C. Fields as masculine icon -- "Whitefacing" the nebbish: Eddie Cantor's assimilation and influence -- Queered radio / Queered cinema: Jack Benny's mediated voice -- Queering the fraternity: Laurel and Hardy and heterosexual brotherhood -- Military disservice: Wheeler and Woolsey and Abbott and Costello join the army -- Conclusion: Beyond classic Hollywood /beyond buffoonish masculinity.

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