Balcerzak, Scott. <br/><br/>
Buffoon men :  classic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity / 
Scott Balcerzak. 
 - 1 online resource (270 pages) :  illustrations. 
 - Contemporary approaches to film and media series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814339664 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Comedy films--History and criticism.--United States<br/>Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Masculinity in motion pictures.<br/>Queer theory.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1995.9.C55  / B345 2013eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43/617/0973