Hollywood screwball comedy 1934-1945 : sex, love, and democratic ideals / Grégoire Halbout ; translated from French by Aliza Krefetz.

Author: Halbout, Grégoire, author.

ImprintNew York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

Descriptionxvi, 333 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Note:Translation of: La comédie screwball hollywoodienne : 1934-1945 : sexe, amour et idéaux démocratiques.

Note:Proof of identity -- Protagonists : the artisans of screwball comedy -- Narrative tropes and genre categories -- A socio-economic context conducive to censorship -- Expressions : screwball comedy and the forms of censorship -- Content : ideological scrubbing -- Indirect discourse : the invention of the screwball style -- The screwball New Deal and the society of mutual consent -- The tension of the screwball celebration : preserving the democratic space.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-318), filmography (pages 319-327), and index.

Note:"Establishes screwball comedy as a genre, and explains its success with the public- with 130 films produced between 1934 and 1945- presented under three broad perspectives: historical and thematic; stylistic and aesthetic; and sociological."-- Provided by publisher.

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