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Bringing Up Daddy: Fatherhood and Masculinity in Postwar Hollywood
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Bringing Up Daddy: Fatherhood and Masculinity in Postwar Hollywood Paperback - 2006

by Stella Bruzzi


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The father is one of the central figures of Hollywood narrative. Despite this, this is the first book to examine cinematic representations of the father. "Bringing Up Daddy" offers a broad perspective on the Hollywood dad looking at important Hollywood fathers from World War II to the present and discusses films from a variety of genres. The book looks at films decade by decade and adopts a multi-faceted theoretical approach, making use of psychoanalysis, sociology and masculinity studies and contextualising the father figure within both Hollywood and American history. Key films include: "Since You Went Away," "Teresa," "The Search," "Father of the Bride," "Rebel Without a Cause," "Giant," "Home from the Hill," "Cape Fear," "To Kill a Mockingbird," "Jaws," "The Great Santini," "Kramer vs. Kramer," "Ordinary People," "Die Hard," "Terminator," "Three Men and a Baby," "Boyz n the Hood," "Magnolia," "Happiness," and "American Beauty." In its treatment of the father this unique study discusses why the father is such a seminal character in so many narratives and what he has come to symbolise and represent.

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  • Title Bringing Up Daddy: Fatherhood and Masculinity in Postwar Hollywood
  • Author Stella Bruzzi
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 234
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher British Film Institute
  • Date March 15, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781844571109 / 1844571106
  • Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.18 x 6 x 0.7 in (23.32 x 15.24 x 1.78 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.436

About the author

Stella Bruzzi is Professor of Film Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London and her previous publications include Undressing Cinema: Clothing and Identity in the Movies, Routledge 1997; New Documentary: A Critical Introduction, Routledge 2000; Fashion Cultures: Theories, Explorations and Analysis (co-edited), Routledge 2000
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