Wojcik, Pamela Robertson, 1964-

The apartment plot urban living in American film and popular culture, 1945 to 1975 / [electronic resource] : Pamela Robertson Wojcik. - Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xiii, 310 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.) - e-Duke books scholarly collection. .

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: a philosophy of urbanism -- A primer in urbanism : Rear Window's archetypal apartment plot -- "We like our apartment" : the playboy indoors -- The great reprieve : modernity, femininity, and the apartment -- The suburbs in the city : the housewife and the apartment -- Movin' on up : the African american apartment.

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City and town life in motion pictures.
Apartments in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic books.

PN1995.9.C513 / W65 2010