Hollywood genres and postwar America : masculinity, family and nation in popular movies and film noir /: masculinity, family and nation in popular movies and film noir. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mike Chopra-Gant.
• Other Names: Chopra-Gant, Mike
• Contents: List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Movies, Genre and Zeitgeist; 2. Re-invigorating the nation: popular films and American national identity; 3. The troubled postwar family: "moms" and absent fathers; 4. Performing postwar masculinities; 5. Military service and male companionship; 6. Popular films and "tough" movies; 7. Genre and History; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris Pub Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 219 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 791.430973; Masculinity in motion pictures; Men in motion pictures; Families in motion pictures; Motion pictures -- United States; Film noir -- United States -- History and criticism; PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference; Families in motion pictures; Film noir; Masculinity in motion pictures; Men in motion pictures; Motion pictures; Männlichkeit; Familie; Nationalbewusstsein; Film noir; Film; United States; USA; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1423768191; 9781423768197; 9781850438151; 1850438153; 9781850438380; 1850438382; 6000008406; 9786000008406; 9780857713285; 0857713280
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-214) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.