Thomas E Wartenberg

Unlikely Couples

Movie Romance As Social Criticism

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines the way popular films about mismatched couples explore, expose, and often criticize societal attitudes, boundaries, and prejudices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9780813334394
• ISBN-10: 081333439X
• Artikelnr.: 22243812

Autorenporträt

Thomas E. Wartenberg is professor of philosophy at Mount Holyoke College and was chair of the film program there from 1991-1999.

Inhaltsangabe

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