Skyscraper cinema : architecture and gender in American film / Merrill Schleier.

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Schleier, Merrill.

Title & Author:

Skyscraper cinema : architecture and gender in American film / Merrill Schleier.

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Description:

xviii, 367 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-344) and index.
Introduction: Constructing the American skyscraper film -- From stumbling blocks to stepping stones : Harold Lloyd's skyscraper films -- Icons of exploitation : gender and class disharmony in the Depression-era skyscraper office -- Masculine heroes, modernism, and political ideology in The fountainhead and The big clock -- Mid-century corporate renewal and gender realignment in Executive suite and Desk set -- Postscript: Recent skyscraper films.

Summary:

"Whether tall office buildings, high-rise apartments, or lofty hotels, skyscrapers have been stars in American cinema since the silent era. Cinema's tall buidlings have been variously represented as unbridled aspiration, dens of iniquity and eroticism, beacons of democracy, and well-oiled corporate machines. Considering their intriguing diversity, Merrill Schleier establishes and explains the impact of actual skyscrapers on America's ideologies about work, leisure, romance, sexual identity and politics as seen in Hollywood movies"--Publisher description.

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ISBN:

9780816642816 (hc ; alk. paper)
0816642818 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780816642823 (pb ; alk. paper)
0816642826 (pb ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Skyscrapers in motion pictures.
Sex role in motion pictures.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Social classes in motion pictures.
Motion pictures United States History 20th century.
Gratte-ciel au cinéma.
Rôle selon le sexe au cinéma.
Masculinité au cinéma.
Classes sociales au cinéma.
Cinéma États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Motion pictures
Film
Geschlecht
Hochhaus
Geschlechterrolle
Gender roles
Geschlechterrolle <Motiv>
Hochhaus <Motiv>
United States
USA
Motion pictures United States History
Skyscrapers United States History

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History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 263662
Call No.: BIB 194892
Status: Available

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