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Straayer looks at commercial film and video from a new angle, and compels readers to consider the wealth of films made by and for non-traditional viewers. She surveys Hollywood productions ranging from the 1935 Stella Dallas to 1994's Mrs. Doubtfire.

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In the course of this fascinating, polemical book... [Straayer] writes interestingly about such films as Some Like It Hot, Victor / Victoria, Adoption, and Orlando and about a number of experimental films... Informative, challenging, thought-provoking, and perhaps unsettling. Choice

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: 12/09/1996
      ISBN13: 9780231079792, 978-0231079792
      ISBN10: 0231079796
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      Film history, theory or criticism Gender studies: women and girls LGBTQIA+ Studies / topics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Straayer looks at commercial film and video from a new angle, and compels readers to consider the wealth of films made by and for non-traditional viewers. She surveys Hollywood productions ranging from the 1935 Stella Dallas to 1994's Mrs. Doubtfire.

      Trade Review
      In the course of this fascinating, polemical book... [Straayer] writes interestingly about such films as Some Like It Hot, Victor / Victoria, Adoption, and Orlando and about a number of experimental films... Informative, challenging, thought-provoking, and perhaps unsettling. Choice

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