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Focuses on a single generation of Americans--those who came of age in the late forties--to demonstrate that the romantic myths and ideals engendered by the complex interactions of movies and society during that period remain with us today and may be important sources for many of the problems and anxieties surrounding modern sexual relations.
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Argues that adult attitudes towards romance, sexuality, love, and beauty were shaped by the myths and ideals portrayed in the movies.
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- PublisherFairleigh Dickinson University Press,U.S.
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0838622909
- ISBN 13 9780838622902
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages304
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. CC6 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in black cloth covered boards with silver lettering and graphics on the spine with minor overall shelf wear with some light tape staining on the outside board surfaces and the front and back free endpapers from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there are the usual library stamps and pocket on the top outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, and the title page plus there is some very light yellowing on the outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear with a library label on the spine plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A book about work in the history of sexuality as related to the history of American film. The author recreates the psychological atmosphere in which the children of the 1940s, especially girls, viewed and were affected by popular films ranging from "Gone with the Wind," and "Casablanca," to "Cover Girl." Bibliography, indexed, 304p. Size: 5.75"x8.5". Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # SCW09861
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