{"product_id":"enfant-terrible-9780814767061","title":"Enfant Terrible","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA witty and provocative re-evaluation of the phenomenon known as Jerry Lewis, an accomplished yet controversial figure in American cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese original, varied approaches are the heftiest appreciation of Lewis in English... Recommended. * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003eA witty, provocative, and necessary re-evaluation of the phenomenon known as Jerry Lewis. I myself have loved and despised Jerry, often both at the same time; I needed this book to tell me why. -- David Cronenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Jerry and Me1 Whatever Happened to Jerry Lewis? \"That's Amore...\"2 Being Rupert Pupkin 2 Jerry Lewis, Faces Off3 Dreaming of Jerry Lewis's Arizona Dream 4 Jerry Agonistes: An Obscure Object of Critical Desire5 Flaming Creature: Jerry Lewis and Screen Performance in Hollywood or Bust 6 The Day the Clown Quit: Jerry Lewis Returns to The Jazz Singer's Roots 3 Jerry Lewis and Social Transformations7 Sex and Slapstick: The Martin and Lewis Phenomenon8 The Imbecile Chic of Jerry Lewis 9 Sick Jokes: Humor and Health in the Work of Jerry Lewis 10 The Geisha Boy: Orientalizing the Jewish Man 11 Jerry in the City: The Topology of The King of Comedy12 Terminal Idiocy (The comedian is the message)4 Jerry-Built13 \"The Inner Man\": Mind, Body, and Transformations of Masculinity in The Nutty Professor14 Working Hard Hardly Working: Labor and Leisure in the Films of Jerry Lewis 15 Hello Deli!: Shtick Meets Teenpic inThe Delicate Delinquent16 The Errant Boy: Morty S. Tashman and the Powers of the Tongue","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405903274327,"sku":"9780814767061","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/enfant-terrible-9780814767061","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}