TY  - BOOK
AU  - Balcerzak,Scott
TI  - Buffoon men: classic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity 
AV  - PN1995.9.C55 B345 2013eb
U1  - 791.43/617/0973 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Detroit, Michigan
PB  - Wayne State University Press
KW  - Comedy films
KW  - United States
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Masculinity in motion pictures
KW  - Queer theory
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10836379
ER  -