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The apartment plot : urban living in American film and popular culture, 1945 to 1975 /

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Looks at how the apartment figures in mid-20th century US film and television as a mechanism for discussing issues of class, race, urbanism, and sexuality.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wojcik, Pamela Robertson, 1964-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2010.
Series:e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Subjects:
Apartments in motion pictures.
City and town life in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.
Appartements au cinéma.
Vie urbaine au cinéma.
Cinéma > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
ART > Film & Video.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
Apartments in motion pictures
City and town life in motion pictures
Motion pictures
United States
1900-1999
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: a philosophy of urbanism
  • A primer in urbanism : Rear Window's archetypal apartment plot
  • "We like our apartment" : the playboy indoors
  • The great reprieve : modernity, femininity, and the apartment
  • The suburbs in the city : the housewife and the apartment
  • Movin' on up : the African american apartment.