Examines the way popular films about mismatched couples explore, expose, and often criticize societal attitudes, boundaries, and prejudices.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Thomas E. Wartenberg is professor of philosophy at Mount Holyoke College and was chair of the film program there from 1991-1999.
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List of Illustrations Filmography Preface Acknowledgments The Subversive Potential of the Unlikely Couple Film Destabilizing Hierarchy King Kong's Critique of "Civilization " Outlining the Genre Notes Part 1 Class Pygmalion: The Flower Girl and the Bachelor Establishing Difference Class as Obstacle Transforming Eliza The Ethics of Bachelorhood The Problem of an Ending Notes It Happened One Night: An Education in Humility A Brat and a Lout Ellie's Brattiness Peter the Know-It-All Ellie's Education for Democracy Men's Ways of Knowing It All Conclusion Notes Pretty Woman: A Fairy Tale of Oedipalized Capitalism Two Characters in Search of Salvation From Flower Girl to Prostitute "Cinderella'' as a Tale of Moral Rectification Shopping Esprit Oedipus in the Boardroom A Happy Ending Notes White Palace: Dustbuster Epiphanies An Overdetermined Unlikeliness The Source of Connection Nora as Marilyn Overcoming Ambivalence A Problematic Ending Notes Part 2 Race Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: Does Father Really Know Best? Defending Liberalism and Integration Privileging Romantic Love Representing Racism Naturalizing Integration Conflicting Strategies Notes Jungle Fever: Souring on Forbidden Fruit Being Black in White America The Education of Flipper Purify Angie's Story Conclusion Notes Mississippi Masala: Love in a Postcolonial World The Politics of Postcolonial Life The Failure of Ethnicity Two Communities Two Responses Romance in Solidarity Two Reconciliations Notes Ali: Fear Eats the Soul: The Privileges of "Race" Creating the Couple Exploring Racial Privilege Love Versus Privilege A Final Problem Notes Part 3 Sexual Orientation Desert Hearts: Betting on Lesbian Love "If You Don't Play You Can't Win " Disarming Homophobia Representing Lesbian Love The Problem of Class Notes The Crying Game: Loving in Ignorance Destabilizing Sexuality A Strategy of Deception Destabilizing Difference Unveiling Difference Overcoming Difference The Politics of Redemption Notes Movie Romance and the Critique of Hierarchy Narrative Film and Social Criticism Romance and Self-Development Strategies of Critique The Unlikely Couple Film as Mass Art A Parting Word Notes Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Filmography Preface Acknowledgments The Subversive Potential of the Unlikely Couple Film Destabilizing Hierarchy King Kong's Critique of "Civilization " Outlining the Genre Notes Part 1 Class Pygmalion: The Flower Girl and the Bachelor Establishing Difference Class as Obstacle Transforming Eliza The Ethics of Bachelorhood The Problem of an Ending Notes It Happened One Night: An Education in Humility A Brat and a Lout Ellie's Brattiness Peter the Know-It-All Ellie's Education for Democracy Men's Ways of Knowing It All Conclusion Notes Pretty Woman: A Fairy Tale of Oedipalized Capitalism Two Characters in Search of Salvation From Flower Girl to Prostitute "Cinderella'' as a Tale of Moral Rectification Shopping Esprit Oedipus in the Boardroom A Happy Ending Notes White Palace: Dustbuster Epiphanies An Overdetermined Unlikeliness The Source of Connection Nora as Marilyn Overcoming Ambivalence A Problematic Ending Notes Part 2 Race Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: Does Father Really Know Best? Defending Liberalism and Integration Privileging Romantic Love Representing Racism Naturalizing Integration Conflicting Strategies Notes Jungle Fever: Souring on Forbidden Fruit Being Black in White America The Education of Flipper Purify Angie's Story Conclusion Notes Mississippi Masala: Love in a Postcolonial World The Politics of Postcolonial Life The Failure of Ethnicity Two Communities Two Responses Romance in Solidarity Two Reconciliations Notes Ali: Fear Eats the Soul: The Privileges of "Race" Creating the Couple Exploring Racial Privilege Love Versus Privilege A Final Problem Notes Part 3 Sexual Orientation Desert Hearts: Betting on Lesbian Love "If You Don't Play You Can't Win " Disarming Homophobia Representing Lesbian Love The Problem of Class Notes The Crying Game: Loving in Ignorance Destabilizing Sexuality A Strategy of Deception Destabilizing Difference Unveiling Difference Overcoming Difference The Politics of Redemption Notes Movie Romance and the Critique of Hierarchy Narrative Film and Social Criticism Romance and Self-Development Strategies of Critique The Unlikely Couple Film as Mass Art A Parting Word Notes Bibliography Index
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