American cinema of the 1950s : themes and variations / edited by Murray Pomerance.

Other author Pomerance, Murray, 1946-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxiv, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Variant title American cinema of the nineteen fifties
SeriesScreen decades
Screen decades. ^A610114
Contents Movies and landscapes / Mary Beth Haralovich -- Movies and the new faces of masculinity / Kristen Hatch -- Movies and the paradox of female stardom / Sumiko Higashi -- Movies and our secret lives / Rebecca Bell-Metereau -- Movies and the walls of privacy / Michael DeAngelis -- Movies and growing up ... absurd / Jon Lewis -- Movies and the crack of doom / Barry Keith Grant -- Movies and the search for proportion / Murray Pomerance -- Movies and allegories of ambivalence / Adrienne L. McLean -- Movies and the racial divide / Arthur Knight.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-263) and index.
LCCN 2005002574
ISBN0813536723 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0813536731 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813536729
ISBN9780813536736