Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Romantic Comedy and Genre
2. Screwball Comedies
3. The Sex Comedy
4. The Radical Romantic Comedy
5. The Neo-Traditional Romantic Comedy
Conclusion
Notes
Appendices
Filmography
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Tamar Jeffers McDonald is lecturer in film studies at Rutherford College, University of Kent, United Kingdom. She is the author of the forthcoming Hollywood Catwalk: Exploring Costume in Mainstream Film and editor of Virgin Territory: Representing Sexual Inexperience in Film.

Reviews

This volume crams everything from Doris Day to The 40 Year-Old Virgin into its 117 pages. Each of its five broad catagories is examined over the lifespan of the genre and includes valuable case studies. Highly recommended.
*Empire*

A very worthwhile addition to the media library.
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