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03705aam a2200385Ii 4500 001 7F55CD1A8FC011ECBA4AA6A62FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220217010136 008 201014t20212021miua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780814346747 020 $a 081434674X 020 $a 9780814346730 020 $a 0814346731 035 $a (OCoLC)1200197531 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d CDX $d OCLCO $d TXI $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d LML $d NUI $d SILO 050 4 $a PN1995.9.C55 $b A3327 2021 082 04 $a 791.43/6543 $2 23 245 00 $a After "happily ever after" : $b romantic comedy in the post-romantic age / $c edited by Maria San Filippo ; foreword by Tamar Jeffers McDonald. 264 1 $a Detroit, Michigan : $b Wayne State University Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xviii, 362 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Contemporary approaches to film and media series 520 $a In defiance of the alleged "death of romantic comedy," After "Happily Ever After": Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic Age edited by Maria San Filippo attests to rom-com's continuing vitality in new modes and forms that reimagine and rejuvenate the genre in ideologically, artistically, and commercially innovative ways. No longer the idyllic fairy tale, today's romantic comedies ponder the realities and complexities of intimacy, fortifying the genre's gift for imagining human connection through love and laughter. It has often been observed that the rom-com's "happily ever after" trope enables the genre to avoid addressing the challenges of coupled life. This volume's contributors confront how recent rom-coms contend with a "post-romantic age" of romantic disillusionment and seismically shifting emotional and relational bonds. Fifteen chapters contemplate the resurgence of the "radical romantic comedy" and uncoupling comedy, new approaches in genre hybridity and serial narrative, and how recent rom-coms deal with divisive topical issues and contemporary sexual mores from reproductive politics and marriage equality to hook-up culture and technology-enabled sex. Rom-coms remain underappreciated and underexamined--and still largely defined within Hollywood's parameters of culturally normative coupling and its persistent marginalization of racial and sexual minorities. Making the case for taking romantic comedy seriously, this volume employs critical perspectives drawn from feminist, queer, postcolonial, and race studies to critique the genre's homogeneity and social and sexual conservatism, recognizing innovative works inclusive of LGBTQ people, people of color, and the differently aged and abled. Encompassing a rich range of screen media from the last decade, After "Happily Ever After" celebrates works that disrupt and subvert rom-com fantasy and formula so as to open audience's eyes along with our hearts. This volume is intended for all readers with an interest in film, media, and gender studies. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-344) and index. 650 0 $a Romantic comedy films $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Situation comedies (Television programs) $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a Romantic comedy films. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01200357 650 7 $a Situation comedies (Television programs) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01744318 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 700 1 $a San Filippo, Maria, $e editor. 700 1 $a McDonald, Tamar Jeffers, $e writer of foreword. 830 0 $a Contemporary approaches to film and media series. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117013415.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718100240.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7F55CD1A8FC011ECBA4AA6A62FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search