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Author:   Stacey Abbott (University of Roehampton, UK) ,  Deborah Jermyn (University of Roehampton, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781845117719

ISBN 10:   1845117719
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   30 November 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgements and Dedication i-ii List of Contributors iii-v Introduction - A Lot Like Love: The Romantic Comedy in Contemporary Cinema 1 Stacey Abbott and Deborah Jermyn 1. I ? NY: Rom-Com's Love Affair with New York City Deborah Jermyn 2. Music, Ritual, and Genre in Edward Burns' Indie Romantic Comedies Robynn J. Stilwell 3. Apres le coup de foudre: Narrative, Love and Spectatorship in Groundhog Day Paul Sutton 4. Prom-Coms: Reliving the Dreams and Nightmares of High School Romance Stacey Abbott 5. The Healing Power of Romantic Love in Popular Indian Romantic Comedies: Raja Hindustani: Home Elsewhere and Elsewhere Home Sean Redmond 6. A 'Special Relationship'?: The Coupling of Britain and America in Working Title's Romantic Comedies Annabelle Honess Roe 7. Transatlantic Exchanges and Influences: Decalage horaire (Jet Lag) Gender and the Romantic Comedy a la francaise Brigitte Rollet 8. Romantic Comedies and the Raced Body Karen Bowdre 9. Armed and Fabulous: Miss Congeniality's Queer Rom-Com Claire Hines 10. What a Difference a Gay Makes: Marriage in the 1990s Romantic Comedy Kyle Stevens 11. Hommecom: Engendering Change in Contemporary Romantic Comedy Tamar Jeffers McDonald 12. Lost in Transition: Problems of Modern (Heterosexual) Romance and the Catatonic Male Hero in the Post-Feminist Age Janet McCabe 13. A New Direction in Comedian Comedy?: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Punch Drunk Love & the Post-Comedian Rom-Com Lesley Harbidge 14. 'I believe that if I haven't found my Prince Charming already, that I will; or he will find me, if he hasn't already': Jennifer Lopez, Romantic Comedy and Contemporary Stardom Alan Dodd and Martin Fradley 15. Le Divorce: Romance, Separation and Reconciliation Hilary Radner Filmography Bibliography Index

Reviews

A collection of scholarly essays on 'Romantic comedy in Contemporary Cinema?' You're spoiling us. - Steven Poole, GUARDIAN, 7th March 2009

'A collection of scholarly essays on Romantic comedy in Contemporary Cinema ? You're spoiling us.' - Steven Poole, GUARDIAN , 7th March 2009

<p>&#8216;A collection of scholarly essays on &#8220;Romantic comedy in Contemporary Cinema&#8221;? You&#8217;re spoiling us.&#8217;&nbsp; - Steven Poole, GUARDIAN , 7th March 2009

Author Information

Stacey Abbott is Senior Lecturer in Film and TV at Roehampton University. She is the author of 'Celluloid Vampires' (2007), editor of 'Reading ""Angel'"" and co-editor of 'Investigating ""Alias'"", both I.B. Tauris. She is Series Editor of Tauris' Investigating Cult TV Series. Deborah Jermyn is Senior Lecturer in Film and TV at Roehampton University. She is the author of 'Crime Watching: Investigating Real Crime TV' (I.B. Tauris, 2007) and 'Sex and the City' (forthcoming).

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