Cinematic canines [electronic resource] : dogs and their work in the fiction film / edited by Adrienne L. McLean.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Wonder dogs / Adrienne L. McLean -- pt. 1. Stars and featured players -- Answering a growl: Roscoe Arbuckle's talented canine co-star, Luke / Joanna E. Rapf -- The dogs who saved Hollywood: Strongheart and Rin Tin Tin / Kathryn Fuller-Seeley and Jeremy Groskopf -- Asta the screwball dog: Hollywood's canine sidekick / Sara Ross and James Castonguay -- Promoting Lassie: the animal star and constructions of "ideal" American heroism / Kelly Wolf -- pt. 2. Character and supporting actors -- Dogs at war: military dogs in film / Aaron Skabelund -- Loaded dogs: dogs, domesticity, and "the wild" in Australian cinema / Jane O'Sullivan -- Bullies and curs: overlords and underdogs in South African Cinema / Giuliana Lund -- Things from another world: dogs, aliens, and antarctic cinema / Elizabeth Leane and Guinevere Narraway -- pt. 3. Stock, bits, and extras -- Hitchcock's canine uncanny / Murray Pomerance -- The dog at the side of the shot: incongruous dog (Canis familiaris) behavior in film / Alexandra Horowitz -- Afterword: Dogs at the digital divide / Adrienne L. McLean.

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