02503nam a2200433 i 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054020003800095020002700133040003500160035002100195043001200216050003000228082002400258100002200282245009100304264006300395264001200458300005200470336002100522337002300543338003200566440005300598504005100651505059000702588004701292590014701339650005601486650005201542650003601594650001801630655002201648776024401670797001201914856012601926999001702052ebr10836379CaPaEBRm     o  d        cr cn|||||||||130326t20132013miua    ob    001 0 eng|d  z9780814339657 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a9780814339664 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRbengerdaepncCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)874160837  an-us---14aPN1995.9.C55bB345 2013eb04a791.43/617/09732231 aBalcerzak, Scott.10aBuffoon men :bclassic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity /cScott Balcerzak. 1aDetroit, Michigan :bWayne State University Press,c[2013] 4c�2013  a1 online resource (270 pages) :billustrations.  atext2rdacontent  acomputer2rdamedia  aonline resource2rdacarrier 0aContemporary approaches to film and media series  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction: "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.  aDescription based on print version record.  aElectronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aComedy filmszUnited StatesxHistory and criticism. 0aMotion picturesxSocial aspectszUnited States. 0aMasculinity in motion pictures. 0aQueer theory. 0aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aBalcerzak, Scott.tBuffoon men : classic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity.dDetroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2013]kContemporary approaches to film and media seriesz9780814339657w(DLC)108363792 aebrary.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10836379zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c89853d89853