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Cold war femme : lesbianism, national identity, and Hollywood cinema / Robert J. Corber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Corber, Robert J., 1958-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lesbianism in motion pictures.
- Cold War--Social aspects--United States.
- Cold War.
- Women in popular culture--United States.
- Women in popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Interpretations of Hollywood films of the 1950s and 1960s demonstrate how Cold War homophobia focused on the femme as the lesbian who posed the greatest threat to the nation.
- Contents:
- Representing the femme : all about Eve
- Lesbian unintelligibility : the children's hour
- Recuperating femme femininity : Marnie
- Female stardom and cold war culture
- Joan Crawford's padded shoulders
- Remaking Bette Davis
- Doris Day's queer normativity.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613252173
- 9781283252171
- 1283252171
- 9780822393788
- 0822393786
- OCLC:
- 714085017
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