Melodrama and meaning : history, culture, and the films of Douglas Sirk / Barbara Klinger. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klinger, Barbara, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sirk, Douglas, 1897-1987--Criticism and interpretation.

Sirk, Douglas.

Melodrama in motion pictures.

Culture in motion pictures.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 200 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1994.

Contents:

Introduction: The Many Faces of Melodrama

1. The "Progressive" Auteur, Melodrama, and Canonicity

2. Selling Melodrama: Sex, Affluence, and Written on the Wind

3. Tastemaking: Reviews, Popular Canons, and Soap Operas

4. Star Gossip: Rock Hudson and the Burdens of Masculinity

5. Mass Camp and the Old Hollywood Melodrama Today

Conclusion: Cinema, Ideology, History.

Notes:

Filmography: p. 181.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-193) and index.

ISBN:

0-585-00070-0