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02850aam a2200397 i 4500 001 3E0E168A01AE11E4B73692EFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140702010026 008 130326s2013 miua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2013006169 020 $a 0814339654 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780814339657 (pbk. : alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d BDX $d ERASA $d MUU $d CDX $d YUS $d OCLCF $d NKM $d VLR $d CHVBK $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN1995.9.C55 $b B345 2013 100 1 $a Balcerzak, Scott. 245 10 $a Buffoon men : $b classic Hollywood comedians and queered masculinity / $c Scott Balcerzak. 264 1 $a Detroit, Michigan : $b Wayne State University Press, $c c2013. 300 $a x, 258 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Contemporary approaches to film and media series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a Film scholars and fans have used distinctive terms to describe the Classic Hollywood comedian: He is a "trickster," a "rebel," or a "buffoon." Yet the performer is almost always described as a "he." In Buffoon Men: Classic Hollywood Comedians and Queered Masculinity, Scott Balcerzak reads the performances of notable comedians such as W. C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, and Bud Abbott and Lou Costello through humor and queer theory to expose a problematic history of maleness in their personas. He argues that contrary to popular notions of Classic Hollywood history, these male comedians rearranged or, at times, rejected heteronormative protocols. -- Publisher website. 650 0 $a Comedy films $z United States $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Motion pictures $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Masculinity in motion pictures. 650 0 $a Queer theory. 830 0 $a Contemporary approaches to film and media series. 941 $a 4 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171228053934.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826092121.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20150530012536.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20140702011155.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3E0E168A01AE11E4B73692EFDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search