02503nam a2200433 i 4500 ebr10836379 CaPaEBR m o d cr cn||||||||| 130326t20132013miua ob 001 0 eng|d 9780814339657 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780814339664 (e-book) CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR (OCoLC)874160837 n-us--- PN1995.9.C55 B345 2013eb 791.43/617/0973 23 Balcerzak, Scott. Buffoon men : classic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity / Scott Balcerzak. Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2013] �2013 1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrations. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Contemporary approaches to film and media series Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: "Someone like me for a member": classic Hollywood comedians and buffoonish masculinity -- "Novelties and notions": Mae West meets W. C. Fields -- Con men and henpecked husbands: W. C. Fields as masculine icon -- "Whitefacing" the nebbish: Eddie Cantor's assimilation and influence -- Queered radio / Queered cinema: Jack Benny's mediated voice -- Queering the fraternity: Laurel and Hardy and heterosexual brotherhood -- Military disservice: Wheeler and Woolsey and Abbott and Costello join the army -- Conclusion: Beyond classic Hollywood /beyond buffoonish masculinity. Description based on print version record. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Comedy films United States History and criticism. Motion pictures Social aspects United States. Masculinity in motion pictures. Queer theory. Electronic books. Print version: Balcerzak, Scott. Buffoon men : classic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity. Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2013] Contemporary approaches to film and media series 9780814339657 (DLC)10836379 ebrary. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10836379 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 89853 89853