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Skyscraper cinema architecture and gender in American film

Title
Skyscraper cinema [electronic resource] : architecture and gender in American film / Merrill Schleier.
Author
Schleier, Merrill.
Publication
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.

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Description
1 online resource (xviii, 367 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Skyscraper cinema (Online)
Alternative Title
Skyscraper cinema (Online)
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
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-344) and index.
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Contents
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.
LCCN
2008045191
OCLC
ssj0000246656
Author
Schleier, Merrill.
Title
Skyscraper cinema [electronic resource] : architecture and gender in American film / Merrill Schleier.
Imprint
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-344) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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