Buffoon men
Balcerzak, Scott.
Buffoon men classic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity / [electronic resource] : Scott Balcerzak. - Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (x, 258 pages :) illustrations ; - Contemporary approaches to film and media series .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index.
Introduction: "Someone like me for a member": classic Hollywood comedians and buffoonish masculinity -- "Novelties and notions": Mae West meets W. C. Fields -- Con men and henpecked husbands: W. C. Fields as masculine icon -- "Whitefacing" the nebbish: Eddie Cantor's assimilation and influence -- Queered radio / Queered cinema: Jack Benny's mediated voice -- Queering the fraternity: Laurel and Hardy and heterosexual brotherhood -- Military disservice: Wheeler and Woolsey and Abbott and Costello join the army -- Conclusion: Beyond classic Hollywood /beyond buffoonish masculinity.
9780814339664
Queer theory.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.
Comedy films--History and criticism.--United States
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.C55 / B345 2013
791.43/617/0973
Buffoon men classic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity / [electronic resource] : Scott Balcerzak. - Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (x, 258 pages :) illustrations ; - Contemporary approaches to film and media series .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index.
Introduction: "Someone like me for a member": classic Hollywood comedians and buffoonish masculinity -- "Novelties and notions": Mae West meets W. C. Fields -- Con men and henpecked husbands: W. C. Fields as masculine icon -- "Whitefacing" the nebbish: Eddie Cantor's assimilation and influence -- Queered radio / Queered cinema: Jack Benny's mediated voice -- Queering the fraternity: Laurel and Hardy and heterosexual brotherhood -- Military disservice: Wheeler and Woolsey and Abbott and Costello join the army -- Conclusion: Beyond classic Hollywood /beyond buffoonish masculinity.
9780814339664
Queer theory.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.
Comedy films--History and criticism.--United States
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.C55 / B345 2013
791.43/617/0973