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Author:

Smyth, J. E., 1977-

Title:

Edna Ferber's Hollywood : American fictions of gender, race, and history / J.E. Smyth ; foreword by Thomas Schatz.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xiv, 337 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Ferber, Edna,--1887-1968--Film and video adaptations.
Ferber, Edna,--1887-1968--Motion picture industry.--Motion picture industry.
Women in the motion picture industry--United States.
Historical fiction, American--Film and video adaptations.
Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.
Racism in literature.
Sex role in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Edna Ferber's America and the fictions of history -- The life of an unknown woman: So big, 1923-1953 -- Making believe: Show boat, race, and romance, 1925-1957 -- Marking the boundaries of classical Hollywood's rise and fall: Cimarron, 1928-1961 -- Writing for Hollywood: Come and get it and Saratoga trunk, 1933-1947 -- Jim Crow, Jett Rink, and James Dean: reconstructing Giant, 1952-1957 -- The new nationalism: Ice palace, 1954-1960.

Series:

Texas film and media studies series

ISBN:

0292719841
9780292719842 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)318870278

LCCN:

2009020099

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)