By most accounts the German Democratic Republic was among the most dour and disciplined of socialist states, so devoted to the rigors of Stalinist aesthetics that the notion of an East German romantic comedy was unlikely. But the author shows that love was freighted as a privile…
'Romantic Comedy' examines the history of the genre, considering the social and cultural context for key developments in new genre cycles.
This book examines a cycle of post-feminist films that adopt the conventions of romance. In light of their tremendous gains in the political and professional sphere, and their ever expanding options, why do most contemporary American films aimed at women still focus almost exclu…
Examines a cycle of postfeminist films that adopt the conventions of romance. In light of their tremendous gains in the political and professional sphere, and their ever expanding options, why do most contemporary American films aimed at women still focus almost exclusively on t…