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Buffoon men :

by Balcerzak, Scott. Series: Contemporary approaches to film and media series Physical details: 1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrations. ISBN:9780814339664 (e-book).

Subject(s): Comedy films -- United States -- History and criticism. | Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States. | Masculinity in motion pictures. | Queer theory. | Electronic books.

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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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