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Skyscraper cinema : architecture and gender in American film / Merrill Schleier.
Publication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.Description: xviii, 367 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:- 9780816642816 :
- 0816642818 :
- PN1995.9.S5535 S35 2009
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-344) and index.
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.
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