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Bound to Bond
Gender, Genre, and the Hollywood Romantic Comedy
Mark D. Rubinfeld
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Bound to Bond

Gender, Genre, and the Hollywood Romantic Comedy

Mark D. Rubinfeld Mark D. Rubinfeld

August 2001

Praeger

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Explores gender roles through the Hollywood romantic comedy, examining what has changed, and what hasn't changed, in male-female relationships.

Bound to Bond: Gender, Genre, and the Hollywood Romantic Comedy looks at gender roles in a unique way--by examining what the last thirty years of romantic comedy films have argued, reflected, and implied. Mark Rubinfeld contends that, essentially, we are what we see, and by identifying four basic plots of the genre, representing four basic love stories, he studies the implications of filmic depictions of male/female relationships. Cultural changes that have transformed our society since 1970 are seen here as we see them on the silver screen, and the author analyzes notable examples of the genre with a rigorous sociological perspective.

What he reveals may be surprising: during the seventies and, to an extent, the early eighties, the plot conventions of Hollywood romantic comedy seemed to challenge, rather than reinforce, existing gender stereotypes. Later, however--during what should have been a more enlightened time--the genre reversed course, reverting to more traditional types for men and women alike.
Introduction
Part I: The Four Hollywood Love Stories
The Pursuit Plot
The Coldhearted Redemption Plot
The Brokenhearted Redemption Plot
The Prick Foil Plot
The Dweeb Foil Plot
The Bitch Foil Plot
The Temptress Foil Plot
The Permission Plot
Part II: The Number Also Tell Stories
A Sample and a Typology
Constructing Inequality: By Point of View
Constructing Inequality: By Plots
Constructing Inequality: By Genre Types
Constructing Inequality: By Themes
Part III: The Four Other Hollywood Love Stories
Once Upon a Time, They Did Not Always Live Happily Ever After
Conclusion
Bibliography
Reviews
...raises a number of important questions about the longevity and popularity, especially among women, of conservative romantic comedies...—Religious Studies Review

This richly descriptive, immensely readable, and wide-ranging study calls up enjoyable comic bits and scenes even as it invites understanding. Highly recommended for all film collections.—Choice





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