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Comic politics: gender in Hollywood comedy after the new right

2001; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 38; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.38-6088

1943-5975

Nicole Matthews,

Gender, Feminism, and Media

Provides a critical introduction to the theories of the politics of comedy using case studies from contemporary popular film, and includes a look at animation and computer enhanced comedies, a consideration of voice and embodiment in Whoopi Goldberg's movies and an investigation of the responsible father in family comedies.