Passionate Love and Popular Cinema - Romance and Film Genre

Informationen zum Autor Erica Todd holds a PhD from the University of Otago, New Zealand. Klappentext This book analyses the romantic drama and the way that passionate love is presented as the central storyline in popular cinema, drawing upon genre studies and sociology. Exploring the passionate love story as a cinematic form, it also contributes, through comparison, to research on the romantic comedy. Zusammenfassung This book analyses the romantic drama and the way that passionate love is presented as the central storyline in popular cinema! drawing upon genre studies and sociology. Exploring the passionate love story as a cinematic form! it also contributes! through comparison! to research on the romantic comedy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Depicting Love in Cinema 1. Passionate Love in Hollywood and the Romanic Drama Genre 2. Passionate Love in Early Hollywood Romantic Dramas 3. Passionate Love in Hollywood Romantic Dramas 1950s-1970s 4. Passionate Love in Contemporary Hollywood Dramas Conclusion: The Changing Landscape of Passionate Love in Cinema Notes Bibliography Filmography Index

Product details

• Authors: E. Todd, Erica Todd
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.12.2013
• EAN: 9781137295378
• ISBN: 978-1-137-29537-8
• No. of pages: 181
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Partnership, sexuality; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; B, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Communication, Family, Social groups, Film History, Sociology: family & relationships, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Media and Communication, Regional Studies, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, families, Culture—Study and teaching, Families—Social aspects, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Film and TV History, Motion pictures—History, Film history, theory & criticism, cinema;film;Hollywood