Unlikely couples
movie romance as social criticism
by Thomas E. Wartenberg
"In Unlikely Couples, Thomas E. Wartenberg directly challenges the view that narrative cinema inherently supports the dominant social interests by examining the way popular films about "unlikely couples" (a mismatched romantic union viewed as inappropriate due to its class, racial, or gender composition) explore, expose, and criticize societal attitudes, boundaries, and prejudices.
The films under consideration - including King Kong, Pygmalion, It Happened One Night, Pretty Woman, White Palace, Some Like it Hot, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Mississippi Masala, Jungle Fever, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Desert Hearts, and The Crying Game - are examined both individually and as a whole to explore tensions in the genre's use of the figure of a transgressive couple to condemn social hierarchy as well as to raise a range of significant philosophical topics."--BOOK JACKET.
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Love in motion pictures, Motion pictures, social aspects, Motion pictures, history, Motion pictures, plots, themes, etc., Film criticism, Romance films, Race in motion pictures, Social classes in motion pictures, Sexual orientation, Sexual Behavior, Amour au cinéma, Films d'amour, Race au cinéma, Classes sociales au cinéma, Orientation sexuelle, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Sociology, General| Edition | Availability |
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Unlikely Couples: Movie Romance As Social Criticism
2019, Taylor & Francis Group
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Unlikely Couples: Movie Romance As Social Criticism
2019, Taylor & Francis Group
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Unlikely Couples: Movie Romance As Social Criticism
2019, Taylor & Francis Group
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Unlikely Couples: Movie Romance As Social Criticism
2019, Taylor & Francis Group
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Unlikely couples: movie romance as social criticism
1999, Westview Press
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